{"product_id":"in-search-of-empire-the-french-in-the-americas-1670-1730-paperback-9780521711111","title":"In Search of Empire; The French in the Americas, 1670–1730 (Paperback) 9780521711111","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Search of Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe French in the Americas, 1670–1730\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElusive Empire was the first full account of how between 1670 and 1730 French settlers came to the Americas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Pritchard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521711111, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 July 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e514 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 15 x 3.3 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the work is an essential interpretation of the French colonies and an important resource on many of the details of colonial administration and warfare.\" -Thomas J. Lappas, H-French-Colonial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe decades between 1670 and 1730 were the most formative in the history of the French colonies in the Americas. A sufficient number of migrants arrived from France and Africa to create settlements, establish economies of production, develop networks of exchange and trade, and adapt institutions of government and law to give substance and form to their resulting societies. Elusive Empire was the first full account of how during these years French settlers came to the Americas. It examines how they and thousands of African slaves together with Amerindians constructed settlements and produced and traded commodities for export. Bringing together much evidence, the author explores how the newly constructed societies and new economies, without precedent in France, interacted with the growing international violence in the Atlantic world in order to present a fresh perspective of the multifarious French colonizing experience in the Americas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e Maps and graphs\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Dates, weights, measures and currencies\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Colonies Formed: 1. Colonial populations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Settlements and societies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Production\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trade and exchange\u003cbr\u003e 5. Government and politics\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Colonies Defended: 6. The Franco-Dutch War in the Americas, 1672–8\u003cbr\u003e 7. France and the Nine Years' War in the Americas\u003cbr\u003e 8. The War of the Spanish Succession in the Americas\u003cbr\u003e 9. Elusive empire\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909141291288,"sku":"9780521711111","price":30.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521711111i_72b745a5-3cfa-4820-b5d4-a47f2cca7b2a.jpg?v=1691380276","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-search-of-empire-the-french-in-the-americas-1670-1730-paperback-9780521711111","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}