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The Upper Country : French enterprise in the colonial Great Lakes / Claiborne A. Skinner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skinner, Claiborne A.
- Series:
- Regional perspectives on early America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French.
- History.
- Canada--History--To 1763 (New France).
- Canada.
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Causes.
- United States.
- French--Great Lakes Region (North America)--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Fur Trade and New France to 1676 1
- 1 Frontenac and La Salle, 1673-1682 25
- 2 The Great Turtle and the Rock, 1683-1687 46
- 3 War in the Wilderness, 1687-1701 66
- 4 The Foxes, 1701-1736 89
- 5 Illinois and the Chickasaw Wars, 1700-1740 112
- 6 A Country More Worthy of His Majesty's Attention, 1736-1754 136
- 7 "A Few Acres of Snow," 1740-1754 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801888373
- 0801888379
- 9780801888380
- 0801888387
- OCLC:
- 173683661
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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