Steiner Building the French empire, 1600–1800

Colonialism and material culture
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4324-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 191, 232 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world? This book focuses on local populations and workers in the colonies. Indigenous experts, slaves or indentured servants as well as French engineers and naval officers contributed to the building of the foundation of the French empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steiner, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Building the French empire
1 Colonial enclosure: Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles
2 Ambitions to empire in India: Pondichéry as an imperial city in the Mughal state system
3 Decay and repair: Fort Royal as a perennial construction site on Martinique
4 Mixed society and African “Rococo”: ‘French’ style in Saint-Louis and on Gorée Island
5 Variegated engineering: The builders of the Caribbean empire
6 Community and segregation in Louisbourg: An ‘ideal’ colonial city in Atlantic Canada
7 Motley style: Affective buildings and emotional communities on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti
Conclusion: The empire as a material construct

Archival Sources
Published Sources Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Steiner is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is also a member of a research group at the University of Munich