The commerce of Louisiana during the French regime, 1699-1763 / N.M. Miller Surrey ; introduction by Gregory Waselkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller Surrey, N. M. (Nancy Maria), 1874-1941.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louisiana--Commerce--History.

Louisiana.

Mississippi River Valley--Commerce--History.

Mississippi River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (509 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of the French colonies in North America that is central to the historical study of the United States. By the time French colonists sought a portion of the New World's riches, much of those resources had already been claimed by Spain and Portugal. Once settled in North America, however, they quickly turned their attentions to commerce, specifically to trade within the Louisiana region. For almost 65 years French explorers and soldiers, administrators and accountants, focused on establishing a string of forts and small villages at key points

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction to the New Edition; Chapter I / Introduction; Chapter II / Waterways; Chapter III / Navigation; Chapter IV / Boats; Chapter V / Boats (continued); Chapter VI / Highways; Chapter VII / Barter; Chapter VIII / Silver Coins; Chapter IX / Copper Coins; Chapter X / Paper Money and Credit, 1699-1739; Chapter XI / Paper Money and Credit, 1739-1763; Chapter XII / Trade between France and Louisiana, 1699-1731; Chapter XIII / Trade between France and Louisiana, 1731-1763; Chapter XIV / Trade between France and Louisiana, 1731-1763 (continued); Chapter XV / The Slave Trade

Chapter XVI / The Domestic Trade of Lower LouisianaChapter XVII / The Trade of the Illinois Country; Chapter XVIII / New France in the Fur Trade of the Mississippi Valley; Chapter XIX / The Fur Trade of Louisiana, 1699-1763; Chapter XX / Trade with the French West Indies; Chapter XXI / Trade with Mexico; Chapter XXII / Trade with New Mexico and Texas; Chapter XXIII / Trade with Florida; Chapter XXIV / Trade with Cuba; Chapter XXV / Trade with the English; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1916.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-476) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8413-8

OCLC:

650060121