Divided loyalties in a doomed empire : the French in the West : from New France to the Lewis and Clark Expedition / Daniel Royot.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Royot, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Newark [Del.] : Cranbury, NJ : University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
French > West (U.S.) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
French > North America > History.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > History.
West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations.
Canada > History > To 1763 (New France)
North America > History.
France > Colonies > America.
Lewis and Clark Expedition > (1804-1806)
Physical Description:282 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • From Quebec to the "Pays d'en haut"
  • New France goes West
  • The wilderness at stake: the colony at the crossroads
  • Life in the Pays des Illinois at mid-eighteenth century
  • Shifting identities
  • French culture in transition
  • The Métis
  • French America seen from France
  • The French background of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Across the great ethnic divide : the French in the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • The French around and against the Expedition.