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Kourou and the struggle for a French America
- Title
- Kourou and the struggle for a French America / Marion F. Godfroy ; translated by Ly Lan Dill.
- Author
- Godfroy, Marion F.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 236 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Kourou and the Struggle for a French America explores the famous enterprise of the French monarchy, taking place immediately after the Seven Years War--the establishment of a French colony in America. Kourou was to be a wonderful revenge, directed by the brightest scientific minds of the Enlightenment as they sought to create a new settlement akin to El Dorado. The French government promised free travel, and other advantages never offered before. The settlement was deemed so important that the British government maintained a close eye on its development. However, the fantastic ideal of this new French colonial world became a grand failure, and a political disaster. Kourou marked the end of the French attempts for an American colony, and the shift of attention to Africa and Asia, her 'second' world empire"--
- Series Statement
- War, culture and society, 1750-1850
- Uniform Title
- Kourou, 1763. English
- War, culture and society, 1750-1850.
- Alternative Title
- Kourou, 1763.
- Subjects
- Kourou (French Guiana) > History > 18th century
- France > Colonies > America > History > 18th century
- French Guiana > History > To 1814
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
- French Guiana > Colonization > History > 18th century
- HISTORY / Europe / France
- Kourou Expedition, 1763-1765
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Patrice Higonnet -- 1. Farewell Quebec -- 2. The Kingdom of the Golden King -- 3. Americas -- 4. White Colony -- 5. Forces Present -- 6. Mirages -- 7. From the Rhine to the Atlantic -- 8. Disaster Ahead -- 9. Kourou -- 10. The Trap was Sprung -- 11. Turgot's Disgrace.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-1890
- ISBN
- 9781137363466 (hardback)
- 1137363460 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2014020333
- OCLC
- 881875884
- Author
- Godfroy, Marion F., author.
- Title
- Kourou and the struggle for a French America / Marion F. Godfroy ; translated by Ly Lan Dill.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- War, culture and society, 1750-1850War, culture and society, 1750-1850.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-1890