Building the French Empire, 1600-1800

Building the French Empire, 1600-1800

Colonialism and Material Culture

Steiner, Benjamin

Manchester University Press

10/2022

232

Mole

Inglês

9781526167019

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction: Building the French empire
1 Colonial enclosure: Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles
2 Ambitions to empire in India: Pondichery 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 Goree 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

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Early modern France; Empire; Colonialism; Engineering; Building; Caribbean; West Africa; India; Canada; State-building