Bøger af Carl J. Ekberg

Begun as a royal adventure to enhance the glory of the king, the Dutch War sparked serious debate within the French government over the relationship of the ruler to the state. Ekberg focuses on one significant year of the war and explains how, despite opposition by several counsellors, the king escalated the original conflict into a full European war and wrought a dramatic shift in French policy.

A biography of Francois Valle that places him within the context of his place and time. Valle immigrated to Upper Louisiana as a penniless common labourer during the early 1740s. Engaged in agriculture, mining and the Indian trade, he became a wealthy and powerful individual.

A narrative of the remarkable life of Pierre-Charles de Lassus de Luzieres, who fled revolutionary France in 1790 and trekked to the America. There he founded the city of New Bourbon and became its Spanish commandant, promoted westward settlement across the Mississippi, and, perhaps most importantly wrote extensive commentaries on the Mississippi frontier at the close of the colonial era.

Creates a picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, this book shows how land use practices intersected with several issues between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance of the mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.

The first history of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley during the colonial era