France and England in North America, Part IV: The Old Régime in Canada

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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English Originals World History North American HistoryHistorical ReappraisalAnglo-French RivalryPower GameDocumentary NarrativeSeventeenth CenturyColonial EraCross-Cultural View

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.France and England in North America, Part IV: The Old Régime In Canada by ParkmanAuthor: Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893,Language: English, Class: F1001: North America local history: Canada, Release Date: Sep 7, 2016

Editor's review

This fourth volume of Parkman's France and England in North America focuses on the social and political landscape of Canada under the Old Régime, an essential piece for understanding the history of French North America. Writing as a narrative historian, the author interweaves administrative institutions, religious forces, local society, and the Anglo-French struggle, combining solid scholarship with readable prose. This edition is a Project Gutenberg eBook, easy to search and cite, and well suited as supplementary reading for topical study. Readers will do best to pair it with the first three volumes or a general history of colonial Canada to grasp the full arc; read on its own, it still offers a clear picture of "Old Régime Canada."

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Is this book in Chinese or English? This is an English eBook released by Project Gutenberg; the main text is in English with no Chinese translation. It suits readers with some English reading ability or those who need the original text for research and citation.
Can I read Volume IV without having read the first three volumes? Yes, but it is advisable to first grasp the basic outline of French Canadian colonial history. This volume focuses on "Canada under the Old Régime" and is continuous with the first three; reading it alongside a general history works best.
Is this book suitable for citation in historical research? It is an earlier work of narrative history, and its materials and views bear the marks of its time. It can serve as a primary text in historiography or as supplementary reading; formal research should verify original sources and consult contemporary scholarship.

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About the author

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 Author

Francis Parkman (1823-1893) was an American historian known for his studies of the English and French struggle for colonial supremacy in North America. The library holds 16 of his works, chiefly the France and England in North America series, including Pioneers of France in the New World, The Jesuits in North America, The Discovery of the Great West, A Half-Century of Conflict, and Montcalm and Wolfe, as well as The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada. These works are notable for detailed narrative, careful use of sources, and attention to colonial expansion, religious missions, and Indian warfare. Combining scholarship with readability, they have had a lasting influence on the study of early North American colonial history. Public information is limited, so biographical details are omitted here.