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France and the American tropics to 1700 : tropics of discontent?

Traditionally, the story of the Greater Caribbean has been dominated by the narrative of Iberian hegemony, British colonization, the plantation regime, and the Haitian Revolution of the 18th century. This text is a comprehensive account of colonization and French society in the Caribbean
Print Book, English, 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008
History
xiii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
9780801887253, 9780801887260, 0801887259, 0801887267
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At the dawn of French colonization: the greater Caribbean
French challenges to Iberian hegemony in America: to 1625
Frontiers of fortune? The painful era of settlement, 1620s to 1640s
Frontiers of fortune? Era of the proprietors, 1649 to 1664
Frontier era free society: 1620s to 1660s
"Frontier era" society: the world of coerced labor
From settlements to colonies: the transformation begins, 1660s to 1670s
The sun king asserts control, 1680s to 1690s
Island society, 1660s to 1690s: the habitants
Island society, 1660s to 1690s: the world of coerced labor