Architecture and urbanism in the French Atlantic empire : state, church, and society, 1604-1830 / Gauvin Alexander Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Gauvin A., author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds series ; 1.

McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds series ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Colonies--History.

France.

Colonies.

History.

Architecture, French colonial.

Architecture--France--Colonies.

Architecture.

Architecture, French.

City planning--France--Colonies.

City planning.

Architecture and society--France--Colonies.

Architecture and society.

French colonies.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 619 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly), color maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Spanning from the West African coast to the Canadian prairies and south to Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Guiana, France's Atlantic empire was one of the largest political entities in the Western Hemisphere. Yet despite France's status as a nation at the forefront of architecture and the structures and designs from this period that still remain, its colonial building program has never been considered on a hemispheric scale. Drawing from hundreds of plans, drawings, photographic field surveys, and extensive archival sources, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire focuses on the French state's and the Catholic Church's ideals and motivations for their urban and architectural projects in the Americas. In vibrant detail, Gauvin Alexander Bailey recreates a world that has been largely destroyed by wars, natural disasters, and fires - from Cap-François (now Cap-Haïtien), which once boasted palaces in the styles of Louis XV and formal gardens patterned after Versailles, to failed utopian cities like Kourou in Guiana. Vividly illustrated with examples of grand buildings, churches, and gardens, as well as simple houses and cottages, this volume also brings to life the architects who built these structures, not only French military engineers and white civilian builders, but also the free people of colour and slaves who contributed so much to the tropical colonies. Taking readers on a historical tour through the striking landmarks of the French colonial landscape, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire presents a sweeping panorama of an entire hemisphere of architecture and its legacy."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-601) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Bailey, Gauvin A, author. Architecture and urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire.:

ISBN:

0773553142

9780773553149

OCLC:

1012787557