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Challenging the traditional narrative of an orderly establishment of law, sovereignty, and authority in the colony, Disputing New France reveals how negotiations and contestations among a range of actors actively shaped empire building, offering readers an intertwined history of French state formation and empire building in New France.



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“Dewar’s book is a compelling and incisive study of early New France and a tremendous contribution to the flourishing field of French colonial scholarship.[…] Disputing New France succeeds wonderfully as a challenge to the odd historiographical wall of disapproval that inevitably faces those who study the history of France’s overseas colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.” H-France

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2022
      ISBN13: 9780228008200, 978-0228008200
      ISBN10: 0228008204
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Challenging the traditional narrative of an orderly establishment of law, sovereignty, and authority in the colony, Disputing New France reveals how negotiations and contestations among a range of actors actively shaped empire building, offering readers an intertwined history of French state formation and empire building in New France.



      Trade Review

      “Dewar’s book is a compelling and incisive study of early New France and a tremendous contribution to the flourishing field of French colonial scholarship.[…] Disputing New France succeeds wonderfully as a challenge to the odd historiographical wall of disapproval that inevitably faces those who study the history of France’s overseas colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.” H-France

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