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Book SynopsisExploring how the daughters and granddaughters of the filles du roi adapted to their terrain, turned their hands to trade, and even acquired surprising influence at the French court, Along a River is an innovative and engagingly written history.
Trade Review'Noel's extraordinarily rich book traces the experiences and contributions of women in Canada from the 1630s to the 1850s... This book is a fine work of scholarship that will no doubt prove highly useful to scholars of the colonial Americas and the history of women.' -- Micah True, H-France vol 16:09:2016 'Noel has crafted a work of academic scholarship that is bound to become a part of the Canadian history cannon... Highly recommended.' -- B.F.R. Edwards Choice Magazine; vol 51:05:14 'Noel does an outstanding job of placing women in the context of familial fur-trade enterprises and within noble military families...The considerable strides made in the history of women in New France is evident from this well-written book.' -- Dale Miquelon American Historical Review - vol 119:03:2014
Table of ContentsIntroduction MAPPING TRANSATLANTIC WOMEN'S HISTORY Chapter 1. Transatlantic Trends 1600-1800 ALONG A RIVER Chapter 2. River of Promise Chapter 3. Women and the St.Lawrence Fur Trade Chapter 4. Water, Woods, Earth: Making a Living TRANSATLANTIC CODES Chapter 5. Comparing Laws of Property Chapter 6. Noble Codes, Colonial Translations Chapter 7. Decoding the Eighteenth Century Convent RIVER OF MEMORY Chapter 8. Continuities in British Quebec
