Lives of Fort de Chartres

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8093-3460-5
Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

The vivid peoples and cultures of eighteenthcentury French Illinois

Fort de Chartres, built in 17191720 in the heart of what would become the American Midwest, embodied French colonial power for half a century. Lives of Fort de Chartres, by David MacDonald, details the French colonial experience in Illinois from 1720 to 1770 through vivid depictions of the places, people, and events around the fort and its neighboring villages. Subjects treated in the book include French–Native American relations, the fur trade, early Illinois agriculture, and tensions among different religious orders. Together, the biographies and historical narrative in the volume illuminate the challenges that shaped the French colonies in America.

Both informative and entertaining, Lives of Fort de Chartres contributes to a more complete understanding of the French colonial experience in the Midwest and portrays a vital and vigorous community well worth our appreciation.

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David MacDonald is an emeritus professor of history at Illinois State University, where he taught for thirtyfive years. He has published over fifty articles on Greek and Roman history and is the author of several books, the most recent of which is Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory. In retirement he has expanded his interests to include French colonial Illinois and Missouri and has published five articles on that subject.