The upper country : French enterprise in the colonial Great Lakes / / Claiborne A. Skinner
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| Autore: |
Skinner Claiborne A
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| Titolo: |
The upper country : French enterprise in the colonial Great Lakes / / Claiborne A. Skinner
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 971.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | French - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada History To 1763 (New France) |
| United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Causes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-194) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""PROLOGUE: The Fur Trade and New France to 1676""; ""ONE: Frontenac and La Salle, 1673-1682""; ""TWO: The Great Turtle and the Rock, 1683-1687""; ""THREE: War in the Wilderness, 1687-1701""; ""FOUR: The Foxes, 1701-1736""; ""FIVE: Illinois and the Chickasaw Wars, 1700-1740""; ""SIX: A Country More Worthy of His Majesty's Attention, 1736-1754""; ""SEVEN: ""A Few Acres of Snow,"" 1740-1754"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From unthinkable hardship to dreams of fur trade profits, this fascinating exploration sheds new light on France and its imperial venture into the Great Lakes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The upper country |
| ISBN: | 9780801899294 |
| 0-8018-9929-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821437203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Regional perspectives on early America.