Metamorphoses of Landscape and Community in Early Quebec.

Intro -- Contents -- Maps, Tables, and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Rivers -- 1 Aboriginal Landscapes -- 2 Seigneurial Landscapes -- 3 Habitant Landscapes -- 4 Ties of Blood and Marriage -- 5 Lines of Authority -- 6 Lines of Community -- 7 An Industrial Landscape -- 8 A Picturesque Landscape -- Conclusion: Three Journeys -- Abbreviations Used in the Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries French settlers radically transformed the landscape of the St Lawrence river, creating strong local communities that became the crucibles of a New World nationalism. Drawing on the insights and methods of cultural history, Colin Coates examines the seigneuries of Batiscan and Sainte-Anne de la Pérade, recreating the social relations between individuals and ethnic groups that inhabited the area. He shows that successive waves of immigrants sought to appropriate the landscape of the New World and replace it with a physical and cultural reality much closer to their European roots and traditions.

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