People, state, and war under the French regime in Canada / Louise Dechene ; edited by Peter Feldstein, Thomas Wien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dechêne, Louise, 1928-2000, author.

Contributor:

Wien, Thomas, editor.

Feldstein, Peter, 1962- editor.

Series:

McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds.

McGill-Queen's French Atlantic Worlds

Standardized Title:

Peuple, l'État et la guerre au Canada sous le Régime français. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Canada--History--To 1763 (New France).

Canada.

Genre:

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (l, 595 pages : illustrations, maps)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Covering a period that runs from the founding of the colony in the early seventeenth century to the conquest of 1760, People, State, and War under the French Regime in Canada is a study of colonial warriors and warfare that examines the exercise of state military power and its effects on ordinary people.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Foreword to the French Edition

Foreword to the English Edition

Preface to the French Edition

Compiling and Editing the Text

Maps

Introduction

Representations

Beginnings of the Colonial Military, 1608–69

Restructuring the Military (1667–87)

Three Wars (1687–1744)

Who Fought the Wars?

Public Order and Military Power

The Question of Taxation

Sixteen Years of War (1744–60)

Marching on Command

Jean-Baptiste Goes to War

The Invasion

Tangible and Intangible Issues

Conclusion

Legend of Appendices

Military Movements (1666–1740)

Military Movements (1744–48)

Military Movements (1749–60)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228007227

0228007224

9780228007210

0228007216

OCLC:

1240781523