In this remote country : French colonial culture in the Anglo-American imagination, 1780-1860 / Edward Watts
| Author(s): | Watts, Edward |
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| Subjects: | Public opinion--United States--History National characteristics, American United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865 New France--Civilization--Foreign public opinion, American--History United States--Civilization--French influences New France--Historiography New France--In literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
| LC Classification: | E |
| Table of Contents: | Introduction : the word paisable 1 1. The leaden plates : exploration and ownership 23 2. Habitants and the American way of doing things 55 3. Gentle as a woman, though braver than a lion : voyageurs, Coureurs de Bois, and American masculinities 91 4. Monstrous exceptions : Anglo patriarchs, French families, and Metis Americans 129 5. Nous Autres Catholiques : nativism and the memory of the Jesuits 181 Conclusion : such were the place, and the kind of people 219 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2006005177 ISBN: 0807830461 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN: 0807857629 (pbk. : alk. paper) EAN: 9780807830468 EAN: 9780807857625 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index Contents: Introduction : the word paisible -- The leaden plates : exploration and ownership -- Habitants and the American way of doing things -- Gentle as a woman, though braver than a lion : voyageurs, coureurs du bois, and American masculinities -- Monstrous exceptions: Anglo patriarchs, French families, and Métis Americans -- Nous autres catholiques : nativism and the memory of the Jesuits -- Conclusion : such were the place, and the kind of people |
| Physical Description: | ix, 275 p. ; 22 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 64453288 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0807830461 0807857629 9780807830468 9780807857625 |