Kourou and the struggle for a French America [war, culture and society, 1730 - 1830]
Foreword / by Patrice Higonnet -- 1. Farewell Quebec -- 2. The Kingdom of the Golden King -- 3. Americas -- 4. White Colony -- 5. Forces Present -- 6. Mirages -- 7. From the Rhine to the Atlantic -- 8. Disaster Ahead -- 9. Kourou -- 10. The Trap was Sprung -- 11. Turgot's Disgrace
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
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| Schriftenreihe: | War, culture and society, 1750-1850
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Geschichte 1700-1800
> Kolonisation
> Kourou Expedition, 1763-1765
> HISTORY / Europe / France
> HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
> HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
> Französisch-Guayana
> Kourou
> French Guiana / History / To 1814
> French Guiana / Colonization / History / 18th century
> Kourou (French Guiana) / History / 18th century
> France / Colonies / History / 18th century / America
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Foreword / by Patrice Higonnet -- 1. Farewell Quebec -- 2. The Kingdom of the Golden King -- 3. Americas -- 4. White Colony -- 5. Forces Present -- 6. Mirages -- 7. From the Rhine to the Atlantic -- 8. Disaster Ahead -- 9. Kourou -- 10. The Trap was Sprung -- 11. Turgot's Disgrace "Kourou and the Struggle for a French America explores the famous enterprise of the French monarchy, taking place immediately after the Seven Years War--the establishment of a French colony in America. Kourou was to be a wonderful revenge, directed by the brightest scientific minds of the Enlightenment as they sought to create a new settlement akin to El Dorado. The French government promised free travel, and other advantages never offered before. The settlement was deemed so important that the British government maintained a close eye on its development. However, the fantastic ideal of this new French colonial world became a grand failure, and a political disaster. Kourou marked the end of the French attempts for an American colony, and the shift of attention to Africa and Asia, her 'second' world empire"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 236 Seiten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781137363466 1137363460 |