La Salle and the Rise of New France
La Salle and the Rise of New France

Author: Janet Snider

Publisher: Summerhurst Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780968804933

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A look at the life of French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle--who became famous for his exploration of many lakes and rivers in North America--and the development of New France.

Property and Dispossession
Property and Dispossession

Author: Allan Greer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-11

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1107160642

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Offers a new reading of the history of the colonization of North America and the dispossession of its indigenous peoples.

The Upper Country
The Upper Country

Author: Claiborne A. Skinner

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-06-27

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 0801888379

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Takes the reader through daily life at posts like Forts Saint Louis and Michilimakinac. This work illuminates the complexities of interracial marriage with the courtship of Michel Aco at Peoria, and explains how France's New World adventurism played a role in the outbreak of the Seven Years War and the beginning of the modern era.

La Salle and His Legacy
La Salle and His Legacy

Author: Patricia Kay Galloway

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1604736356

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In this collection of essays that marked the tricentennial of La Salle's expedition, thirteen scholars assess his legacy and the significance of French colonialism in the Southeast