Boucher, Philip P.

France and the American Tropics to 1700 - Tropics of Discontent : Tropics of Discontent?

Preface vii List of French Colonial and Commercial Companies Discussed xiii Introduction 1 1. At the Dawn of French Colonization: The Greater Caribbean 13 2. French Challenges to Iberian Hegemony in America up to 1625 40 3. Frontiers of Fortune? The Painful Era of Settlement, 1620's to 1640's 62 4. Frontiers of Fortune? The Era of the Proprietors, 1649 to 1664 88 5. Frontier-Era Free Society: The 1620's to the 1660's 112 6. Frontier-Era Society: The World of Coerced Labor 144 7. The Transformation from Settlements to Colonies Begins: The 1660's to the 1670's 168 8. The Sun King Asserts Control: The 1680's to the 1690's 202 9. Island Society from the 1660's to the 1690's: The Habitants 229 10. Island Society from the 1660's to the 1690's: The World of Coerced Labor 268 Conclusion 301 Notes 305 Index 363