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

Author/creator Royot, Daniel
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©2007.
Description282 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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).
France--Colonies. --America.
North America--History.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 250-263) and index.
LCCN 2006030920
ISBN9780874139686 (alk. paper)
ISBN0874139686 (alk. paper)