'Y establir nostre auctorite': Assertions of Imperial Sovereignty through Proprietorships and Chartered Companies in New France, 1598-1663
Current historiography on French empire building in the early modern period rests on a host of unexamined terms, including colony, empire, monopoly, company, and trading privileges. Yet, these terms were anything but fixed, certain or uncomplicated to contemporaries. This dissertation takes as its...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/65467 |