Kourou and the Struggle for a French America

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Marion F. Godfroy

   Pages 1-7

3. Farewell Quebec

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   Pages 8-30

4. The Realm of the Golden King

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   Pages 31-44

5. The Americas

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6. White Colony

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7. Forces Present

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8. Mirages

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9. From the Rhine to the Atlantic

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   Pages 104-118

10. Disaster Ahead

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11. Kourou

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    Pages 125-140

12. The Trap is Sprung

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13. Turgot’s Disgrace

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14. Conclusion

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15. Back Matter

    Pages 177-236

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Kourou was to be a wonderful revenge, a French colony in America after the Seven Years War in 1763. However, the fantastic ideal became a grand failure and political disaster, marking the end of the French attempts for an American colony.

• Colonialism
• French Empire
• Great Britain
• America
• Seven Years War
• 18th century history
• French
• kingdom
• present

“Godfroy presents an engaging analysis of this fascinating chapter in French colonial history. While her study says little about interactions between Europeans and native peoples, unlike many recent works in Atlantic colonial history, she offers helpful detail about the officials who planned the mission as well as the would-be colonists. In doing so, she provides a fresh view of why European colonists ventured to the New World, as well as of the difficulties faced by metropolitan officials planning far-away settlements.” (Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, American Historical Review, Vol. 121 (4), October, 2016)

• Institut d’Histoire de la Révolution française, Sorbonne, Paris I, France

  Marion F. Godfroy

• Centre d’histoire en recherches quantitative, Caen, France

  Marion F. Godfroy

• Amiens University, France

  Marion F. Godfroy

Marion Godfroy is Associate Researcher at Université de la Sorbonne Paris I, France. She is a French historian, the award-winning author of four historical books.

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