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Author:

Royot, Daniel.

Title:

Divided loyalties in a doomed empire : the French in the West : from New France to the Lewis and Clark Expedition / Daniel Royot.

Publisher:

Associated University Presses,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

282 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

French--West (U.S.)--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.)--History.
West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations.
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)
Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806)
France--Colonies--America.
French--North America--History.
North America--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-263) and index.

Contents:

From Quebec to the "Pays d'en haut" -- New France goes West -- The wilderness at stake: the colony at the crossroads -- Life in the Pays des Illinois at mid-eighteenth century -- Shifting identities -- French culture in transition -- The Métis -- French America seen from France -- The French background of the Lewis and Clark Expedition -- Across the great ethnic divide : the French in the Lewis and Clark Expedition -- The French around and against the Expedition.

ISBN:

0874139686 (alk. paper)
9780874139686 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006030920

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)