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The metamorphoses of landscape and community in early Quebec

Title: The metamorphoses of landscape and community in early Quebec / Colin M. Coates.
Author: Coates, Colin MacMillan, 1960-
Publication: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.

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Description

xiv, 231 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Drawing on maps by explorers and surveyors, correspondence documenting the conflict between a backwoods priest and his parishioners, a gentlewoman's sketchbook, and the documents of a bitter court case between a seigneur's wife and a local priest, Colin Coates illuminates the tensions and values of a rural community."--Jacket

Series Statement

Studies on the history of Quebec

Uniform Title

Studies on the history of Quebec.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The rivers -- 1. Aboriginal landscapes -- 2. Seigneurial landscapes -- 3. Habitant landscapes -- 4. Ties of blood and marriage -- 5. Lines of authority -- 6. Lines of community -- 7. An industrial landscape -- 8. A Picturesque landscape -- Conclusion: Three journeys.

ISBN

0773518967
9780773518964
9780773518971
0773518975

LCCN

2001326349

OCLC

ocm46791186
46791186
SCSB-8974858

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library