Canada's Place in the French Imperial Economy
An Eighteenth-Century Overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dale Miquelon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 432-432 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286368 |
| OpenAlex | W2330039388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In 1702 the French geographer, Guillaume Delisle, wrote of utility that the different nations of Europe established in America have drawn from that land. This usefulness made America important and it had become as it were, a supplement to Europe. This designation, A Supplement to Europe, seems to me to encapsulate in a true and striking manner the eighteenth-century French response to Canada, or for that matter to Africa or Asia. ' Canada was a part of the French Empire from the early seventeenth century until 1763. This imperial connection was the result of the spontaneous and unorchestrated activities of fishermen and merchants and of the directive activity of the French state. Statesmen and businessmen, theoreticians and men of action, all assumed that Canada existed for the benefit of France and not for its own self-realization. The relevant economic theory was mercantilism. The economy was one of primary production, and the engine that drove that economy was imperial trade. The royal manna of expenditures for provisioning, garrison pay, and the building of fortifications was from time to time
Economic history · Economics · Economy · Political science · Canadian Identity and History · History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |