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OverviewBanks defines and applies the concept of communications in a far broader context than previous historical studies of communication, encompassing a range of human activity from sailing routes, to mapping, to presses, to building roads and bridges. He employs a comparative analysis of early modern French imperialism, integrating three types of overseas possessions usually considered separately - the settlement colony (New France), the tropical monoculture colony (the French Windward Islands), and the early Enlightenment planned colony (Louisiana) - offering a work of synthesis that unites the historiographies and insights from three formerly separate historical literatures. Banks challenges the very notion that a concrete empire emerged by the first half of the eighteenth century; in fact, French colonies remained largely isolated arenas of action and development. Only with the contraction and concentration of overseas possessions after 1763 on the Plantation Complex did a more cohesive, if fleeting, French empire first emerge. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth J. Banks , Kenneth J. BanksPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9780773531604ISBN 10: 0773531602 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 28 July 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe range of this book is vast in terms of both of its topics - transport and communications by land, freshwater routes, and sea - and its geographical scope. H-Net Reviews A sophisticated treatment of the French Atlantic - the patterns it reveals are important and distinctive. The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord Banks's material is fascinating and his writing engaging - the book is a delight to read. The Canadian Historical Review Histories that compare and contrast the different parts of the French colonial world are few and far between. Banks is to be congratulated for having undertaken an ambitious inter-colonial study. A.J.B Johnston, author of Life and Religion at Louisbourg Author InformationKenneth 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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