The French in North America 1500-1783 | 
| Authors: W. J. Eccles, William John Eccles
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2033753
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 331
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0870134841
Dewey Decimal Number: 970.00441
EAN: 9780870134845
ASIN: 0870134841
Publication Date: August 10, 1998
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Product Description
This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the mainland of North America and in the West Indies, from the arrival of the Breton, Norman and Basque fisherman on the Grand Banks around 1500 to the sale of Louisiana to the United States in 1803. Professor Eccles depicts the establishment of Baroque civilization and the attempt to create a New Jerusalem in the North American wilderness, gives an account of the establishment of industries and commerce from the slave plantations of the south to the fur trade posts of the far northwest, and discusses the colonists of other European powers.
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 Admirable December 14, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A worthy and rewarding history of France in North America in about 300 pages, complete with valuable statistics and scholarly documentation. It even covers the post-Colonial war to US Revolutionary victory (1763-1783).
If you don't have time for Parkman (ending at 1763, with the Conspiracy of Pontiac as an addenda), this is your book. Even if you have read Parkman, this is well worth reading.
Un livre agreable et facile a lire. August 5, 2004
Particulierement la premiere moitie, plus interessante que la deuxieme.L'iconographie N&B est assez decevante: Rien ou presque avant le XVIII, et des reproductions pas de grande qualite. La Bibliographie m'a fait bien rire, parce que l'auteur denigre a qui mieux mieux, designant tel livre comme partial, tel autre comme incomplet ou anecdotique, etc, etc... Et bien a lire comme ca, et surtout son commentaire de fin, plus le livre avance vers la conquete anglaise, moins Eccles me semble partial et objectif, justement. Tres pro-francais et pro-canadien. C'est d'ailleurs pourquoi je trouve la premiere moitie du livre beaucoup mieux... Ce qui me choque aussi, c'est que toutes les references me semblent tres datees: Souvent des bouquins qui ont 10, 20, voir 30 ans et plus. Finalement apres avoir lu ce livre, je comprends beaucoup mieux les raisons historiques, non pas d'un Quebec qui aurait souhaite un rattachement a la France (vu comme ils ont ete trahis par la mere patrie), mais bien d'une envie d'independance en bonne et du forme !
 Very well documented book. April 24, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I knew little about the involvement of the French in America before reading this book. I know a lot more now. Covering mainly Canada but also Lousiana and the French West Indies for almost three centuries, this book reads like a novel. Only you already know the end!Written by a british, who leaves and teaches in Canada, this book always try not to take sides, in an history where broken promises are the norm. I was reading this book during the war in Iraq (2003), when French bashing was a national sport in the US. Looking back in our history books allows to see that not too long ago, France was America's best ally against ... Great Britain.
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