Kourou and the struggle for a French America / Marion F. Godfroy ; translated by Ly Lan Dill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godfroy, Marion F., author.

Series:

War, culture and society, 1750-1850

Standardized Title:

Kourou, 1763. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kourou Expedition, 1763-1765.

Colonies.

History.

Colonization.

French Guiana--History--To 1814.

French Guiana.

French Guiana--Colonization--History--18th century.

Kourou (French Guiana)--History--18th century.

Kourou (French Guiana).

France--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

France.

America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 236 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137363466

1137363460

OCLC:

881875884