The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760This account of the French era in Canada is the most original treatment of the subject in over a century. The analysis and ideas in the first edition helped create a whole new school of thought about Canadian history. Over 50,000 copies have been used in classrooms in Canada and the United States in the decade since its publication. In this revised edition, the author updates the bibliography and adds new ideas advanced in the 1970s that will make more valuable still this acclaimed general history of New France. |
Contents
The Nature of the Canadian Frontier | 1 |
Commerce and Evangelism 16321662 | 35 |
Institutions and Environment | 60 |
Society and the Frontier | 83 |
The Fur Trade Frontier 16631700 | 103 |
The Imperial Frontier 17001750 | 132 |
The Military Frontier 17481760 | 157 |
The Closing of the Canadian Fur Trade Frontier | 186 |
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