{"product_id":"memoires-of-michilimackinac-and-the-pays-den-haut-indians-and-french-in-the-upper-great-lakes-at-the-turn-of-the-eighteenth-century-9781611863253","title":"Memoires of Michilimackinac and the Pays d'en","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMémoires of Michilimackinac\u003c\/i\u003e offers corrected, unabridged, and properly annotated and edited transcriptions and translations of three important documents related to the French presence and French-Native American relations in the Great Lakes region before 1715.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eRelation du sieur De lamotte Cadillac\u003c\/i\u003e; d’Aigremont’s \u003ci\u003eMémoire\u003c\/i\u003e of November 14, 1708; and Bégon’s \u003ci\u003eMémoire on the Establishment of Michilimackinac\u003c\/i\u003e of September 20, 1713, are thoroughly examined, with an introduction that places these documents in context; summarizes major findings about Michilimackinac, Native American cultures, and French imperial ambitions in the Great Lakes region; and includes a critical exploration of the documents’ authorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll three \u003ci\u003emémoires\u003c\/i\u003e provide windows into Michilimackinac’s centrality to the French imperial and trade network and the place of Native Americans in French policy during this period, and ultimately contribute to understanding trends, enduring and new, in the scholarship of French and Indians in the upper Great Lakes.","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041734230359,"sku":"9781611863253","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611863253.jpg?v=1750951471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memoires-of-michilimackinac-and-the-pays-den-haut-indians-and-french-in-the-upper-great-lakes-at-the-turn-of-the-eighteenth-century-9781611863253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}