04831nam 2200841 a 450 991082453230332120200520144314.01-282-86079-897866128607990-7735-7064-010.1515/9780773570641(CKB)1000000000244857(SSID)ssj0000277786(PQKBManifestationID)11225400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277786(PQKBWorkID)10254292(PQKB)11469481(Au-PeEL)EBL3330683(CaPaEBR)ebr10132866(CaONFJC)MIL286079(OCoLC)929120802(DE-B1597)655076(DE-B1597)9780773570641(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/h4skx5(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400015(MiAaPQ)EBC3330683(MiAaPQ)EBC3243585(EXLCZ)99100000000024485720031106d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChasing empire across the sea communications and the state in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763 /Kenneth J. BanksMontreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc20021 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2444-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-311) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Preface -- A Note on Terms and Translations -- Introduction -- The Rise of the French Atlantic to 1763 -- Proclaiming Peace in 1713: A Case Study -- Sea and Land Connections -- State Ceremonies and Local Agendas -- Travel and Assembly, Disorder and Revolt -- Merchant Networks and Imperial Dependence -- Authority’s Fragmented Voice -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexBanks defines and applies the concept of communications in a far broader context than previous historical studies of communication, encompassing a range of human activity from sailing routes, to mapping, to presses, to building roads and bridges. He employs a comparative analysis of early modern French imperialism, integrating three types of overseas possessions usually considered separately - the settlement colony (New France), the tropical monoculture colony (the French Windward Islands), and the early Enlightenment planned colony (Louisiana) - offering a work of synthesis that unites the historiographies and insights from three formerly separate historical literatures. Banks challenges the very notion that a concrete "empire" emerged by the first half of the eighteenth century; in fact, French colonies remained largely isolated arenas of action and development. Only with the contraction and concentration of overseas possessions after 1763 on the Plantation Complex did a more cohesive, if fleeting, French empire first emerge.Communication policyFranceHistory18th centuryGovernment correspondenceFranceHistory18th centuryCommercial correspondenceAmericaHistory18th centuryTravelers' writings, FrenchHistory and criticismCommunicationPolitique gouvernementaleFranceHistoire18e siecleCorrespondance administrativeFranceHistoire18e siecleCorrespondance commercialeAmeriqueHistoire18e siecleEcrits de voyageurs francaisHistoire et critiqueFranceColoniesAdministrationHistory18th centuryFranceColoniesAmericaHistory18th centuryFranceForeign relations1715-1774FranceColoniesAdministrationHistoire18e siecleFranceColoniesAmeriqueHistoire18e siecleFranceRelations exterieures1715-1774Communication policyHistoryGovernment correspondenceHistoryCommercial correspondenceHistoryTravelers' writings, FrenchHistory and criticism.CommunicationPolitique gouvernementaleHistoireCorrespondance administrativeHistoireCorrespondance commercialeHistoireEcrits de voyageurs francaisHistoire et critique.325/.32/094409033Banks Kenneth J.1958-1719959MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824532303321Chasing empire across the sea4118219UNINA