Benjamin Steiner

Building the French empire, 1600-1800

Colonialism and material culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world? This book focuses on local populations and workers in the colonies. Indigenous experts, slaves or indentured servants as well as French engineers and naval officers contributed to the building of the foundation of the French empire. -- .

Produktdetails

• Studies in Imperialism
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781526167019
• ISBN-10: 1526167018
• Artikelnr.: 63662362

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Steiner is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is also a member of a research group at the University of Munich

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Building the French empire 1 Colonial enclosure:
Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles 2 Ambitions to empire in
India: Pondichéry as an imperial city in the Mughal state system 3 Decay
and repair: Fort Royal as a perennial construction site on Martinique 4
Mixed society and African "Rococo": 'French' style in Saint-Louis and on
Gorée Island 5 Variegated engineering: The builders of the Caribbean empire
6 Community and segregation in Louisbourg: An 'ideal' colonial city in
Atlantic Canada 7 Motley style: Affective buildings and emotional
communities on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti Conclusion: The empire as
a material construct Archival Sources Published Sources Bibliography