Chasing empire across the sea : communications and the state in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763 / / Kenneth J. Banks

• Autore: Banks Kenneth J. <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• 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 siecle; Correspondance administrative - France - Histoire - 18e siecle; Correspondance commerciale - Amerique - Histoire - 18e siecle; Ecrits 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 siecle; France Colonies Amerique Histoire 18e siecle; France Relations exterieures 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.: 9910824532303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II