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Autore: |
Banks Kenneth J. <1958->
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Titolo: |
Chasing empire across the sea : communications and the state in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763 / / Kenneth J. Banks
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Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : maps |
Disciplina: | 325/.32/094409033 |
Soggetto topico: | Communication policy - France - History - 18th century |
Government correspondence - France - History - 18th century | |
Commercial correspondence - America - History - 18th century | |
Travelers' writings, French - History and criticism | |
Communication - Politique gouvernementale - France - Histoire - 18e siècle | |
Correspondance administrative - France - Histoire - 18e siècle | |
Correspondance commerciale - Amerique - Histoire - 18e siècle | |
Écrits de voyageurs francais - Histoire et critique | |
Soggetto geografico: | France Colonies Administration History 18th century |
France Colonies America History 18th century | |
France Foreign relations 1715-1774 | |
France Colonies Administration Histoire 18e siècle | |
France Colonies Amérique Histoire 18e siècle | |
France Relations extérieures 1715-1774 | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-311) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Banks 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Chasing empire across the sea ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-86079-8 |
9786612860799 | |
0-7735-7064-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783794303321 |
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