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Chasing Empire Across the Sea: Communications and the State in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763 Paperback - 2006

by Kenneth J. Banks

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Drawing from official correspondence, merchant's letters, ship's logs, and graphic archival material, Kenneth Banks explores the failure of transatlantic communications in helping to develop and maintain French imperialism during the height of France's first overseas empire in Quebec, New Orleans, and Saint Pierre, Martinique, in the eighteenth century. He provides historical context for the role of communications within the imperial nation-state, using a concept of communications that encompasses a range of human activity, from sailing routes, to mapping, to presses, to building roads and bridges. His comparative analysis integrates three areas usually studied seperately - the settlement colony, the tropical monoculture colony, and the early Enlightenment planned colony. Chasing Empire across the Sea also challenges the very notion of a concrete "empire" emerging by the first half of the eighteenth century.

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  • Title Chasing Empire Across the Sea: Communications and the State in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763
  • Author Kenneth J. Banks
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Publication date July 28, 2006
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780773531604 / 0773531602
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.06 x 0.68 in (22.96 x 15.39 x 1.73 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category History - General History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 325.320

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  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2007, Page 1

About the author

Kenneth Banks is an NEH fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. He is currently researching a book on French contraband in the Early Modern Atlantic World.
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