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Author Dechêne, Louise, 1928-2000, author.

Title People, state, and war under the French regime in Canada / Louise Dechêne.

Publication Info. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds series ; 6
McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds series ; 6.
Note Translation of: Le peuple, l'État et la guerre au Canada sous le Régime français.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Representations -- Beginnings of the Colonial Military, 1608-69 -- Restructuring the Military (1667-87) -- Three Wars (1687-1744) -- Who Fought the Wars? -- Public Order and Military Power -- The Question of Taxation -- Sixteen Years of War (1744-60) -- Marching on Command -- Jean-Baptiste Goes to War -- The Invasion -- Tangible and Intangible Issues.
Summary "Covering a period that runs from the founding of the colony in the early seventeenth century to the conquest of 1760, People, State, and War under the French Regime in Canada is a study of colonial warriors and warfare that examines the exercise of state military power and its effects on ordinary people. Overturning the tendency to glorify the military feats of New France and exploding the rosy myth of a tax-free colonial population, Louise Dechêne challenges the stereotype of the fighting prowess and military enthusiasm of the colony's inhabitants. She reveals the profound incidence of social divides, the hardship war created for those expected to serve, and the state's demands on the civilian population in the form of forced labor, requisitions, and billeting of soldiers. Originally published posthumously in French, People, State, and War under the French Regime in Canada is the culmination of a lifetime of research and unparalleled knowledge of the archival record, including official correspondence, memoirs, military campaign journals, taxation records, and local parish records. Dechêne reconstructs the variegated composition and conditions of military forces in New France, which included militia, colonial volunteers, and regular troops, as well as Indigenous allies. The study offers an informed and ambitious comparison between France and other French colonies and shows that the mobilization of an unpaid, compulsory militia in New France greatly exceeded requirements in other parts of the French domain. With empathy, sensitivity for the social dimensions of life, and a piercing insight into the operations of power, Dechêne portrays the colonial condition with its rightful dose of danger and ambiguity. Her work underlines the severe toll that warfare takes on the individual and on society and the persistent deprivation, disorder, fear, and death that come with conflict."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)
Canada.
History.
Chronological Term To 1763 (New France)
Subject Canada -- History, Military.
History, Military.
Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Militia -- History.
Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Militia.
Militia movements -- Québec (Province) -- History.
Militia movements.
Canada -- History, Military -- To 1800.
Canada -- Social life and customs -- To 1763.
Militia.
Québec.
Chronological Term To 1763
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
Added Title Peuple, l'État et la guerre au Canada sous le Régime français. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2023070128
Other Form: Print version: Dechêne, Louise, 1928-2000. Peuple, l'État et la guerre au Canada sous le Régime français. English. People, state, and war under the French regime in Canada. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228006767 9780228006763 (OCoLC)1202439194
ISBN 0228007216
9780228007227 (ePUB)
0228007224
9780228007210 (electronic book)