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The Commerce of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1699-1763
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An analysis of the French colonies in North America that is central to the historical study of the United States.
By the time French colonists sought a portion of the New World’s riches, much of those resources had already been claimed by Spain and Portugal. Once settled in North America, however, they quickly turned their attentions to commerce, specifically to trade within the Louisiana region. For almost 65 years French explorers and soldiers, administrators and accountants, focused on establishing a string of forts and small villages at key points in the Mississippi and Illinois River valleys, eastward to the Mobile River drainage and westward toward New Mexico. Despite a long and costly war at home, for a time it looked as though the French would be successful in controlling a vast swath of the middle of North America, with routes stretching from Quebec City to New Orleans.
Under the guidance of leaders such as LaSalle, Joliet, Father Marquette, Frontenac, Hennepin, and Bienville, the French made a good start in the lucrative trading business and established working relationships with most of the Indians of the region. But by 1763, with war in Europe and a faltering economy at home, commerce in the New World eroded along with the ability of the French to control the region and to protect their investments from the encroachment of the Spanish and English. This volume reveals the wider scope of the French political and economic situation, as well as the minutiae of common barter and trade in Louisiana during the French Régime.
The University of Alabama Press; August 2006
509 pages; ISBN 9780817384135
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509 pages; ISBN 9780817384135
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Subject categories
- Academic > History > United States local history > Gulf States. West Florida > Louisiana
- Academic > Business and Commerce > Commerce > Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce.
- Academic > Business and Commerce > Commerce > By region or country
- Academic > Economics > Commerce > Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce.
- Academic > Economics > Commerce > By region or country
- History > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History > United States > 20th Century
- History > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History > Military > Vietnam War
- Social Science > Anthropology
- History > Africa
- History > Australia & Oceania
- History > Colonial Studies
- History > Far East
- History > World
- History > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- History > Great Britain
- History > Europe
- History > Modern
- Business > Economic History
- Business > International
ISBNs
9780817384135
9780817352967
0817384138

