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- Title
Rescuing Early America from Nationalist Narratives: An Intra-Imperial Approach to Colonial Canada and Louisiana.
- Authors
Usner, Daniel H.
- Abstract
The effort to compare and connect different French colonies in North America encounters some treacherous roadblocks, including the powerful impact of Canadian and United States nation building on the treatment of French colonial regions and the widely divergent approaches taken by scholars of New France and French Louisiana. This essay attempts to explain why these obstacles appeared in the first place and to suggest how they might be overcome in the future. At a time when historians of early America are vigorously seeking new analytical frameworks and meaningful historical narratives, intraimperial research on complex relationships and comparative issues in French North America constitutes an essential area of study. Whether examining the role of Canadian families in the founding of Louisiana, the influence of Acadian settlers on south Louisiana culture, or the character of Indian relations in French colonies-among other issues-a shared history of early Canada and Louisiana will significantly improve our understanding of North American peoples and places.
- Subjects
ACADIANS; CAJUNS; COMPARATIVE historiography; EXPULSION of the Acadians, 1755; NEW France; LOUISIANA state history to 1803; HISTORY of Quebec (Province); HISTORY of the Mississippi River Valley; HISTORY
- Publication
Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0315-7997
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.3167/hrrh.2014.400301