Dugard of Rouen : French trade to Canada and the West Indies, 1729-1770 / / Dale Miquelon

• Autore: Miquelon Dale <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1978
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 380.1/06/544
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Canada / General
• Soggetto geografico: France Commerce Canada History; Canada Commerce France History; France Commerce West Indies History; West Indies Commerce France History
• Note generali: Later version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.), University of Toronto, 1973 presented under the title: Robert Dugard and the Société du Canada of Rouen, 1729-1770.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: I. Introduction: The Context of Prosperity, 1715-1770 -- II. The Founders and Their City -- III. The New Company, 1729-1742 -- IV. Questions of Finance, 1729-1741 -- V. Cargoes Outward -- VI. Quebec: A Colonial Trading Factory -- VII. Trade in the West Indies -- VIII. Destructions and Diversions -- IX. The Lord Taketh Away -- X, Conclusion: From Business History to the History of Society -- Appendix A. Profiles of the Dugard Fleet -- Appendix B. The Ships and Their Voyages -- Appendix C. Voyages: Chronological List -- Appendix D. Investment, Outlay, and Profit.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1953 the proprietor of the chateau of Bonneval at La Haye-Aubrée par Routot in the Norman department of Eure presented the French National Archives with a collection of eighteenth-century papers. They had been brought to the chateau by previous owners at the time of the French Revolution. The proprietor was unrelated to these shadowy figures, and the papers concerned neither his family nor the estate. Now deposited at the Archives Nationales in Paris, the 45 cartons of letters and business papers tell the story of the business activities of the Dugard family of Rouen. The earliest item in the collection is a bill of exchange dated 3 January 1658/59, and the last letter is from 1794. Most of the papers concern Roben Dugard, 1704-70, and a number of companies formed by him and several other Rouen merchants, among them the societé du Canada. Dugard and Company, as the societé may be called with less formality, was founded in 1729 to exploit the trade of Canada with France and the West Indies. Soon it directed its attention to the development of a Franco-Caribbean trade independent of its North-Atlantic commerce. The present history is a case study of a business partnership. The size and structure of eighteenth-century French business enterprises, the nature of French business finance, methods and maritime insurance, French commodities of trade and markets, and the relation of French business to government are all examined. So too is the manner and extent of the penetration of French business into Canada and the West Indies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dugard of Rouen
• ISBN: 1-283-53060-0; 9786613843050; 0-7735-8350-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810109903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II