Main entry:

Douville, Raymond.

Title & Author:

Daily life in early Canada / [by] Raymond Douville and Jacques Casanova. Translated by Carola Congreve.

Edition:

[1st American ed.].

Publication:

New York, Macmillan [1968, ©1967]

Description:

224 pages illustrations, map, portraits 22 cm

Notes:
Translation of La vie quotidienne en Nouvelle-France.
Introduction -- 1. Champlain dreams of America becoming French -- 2. The French population establishes itself -- 3. Adjusting to the country : the Canadian winter: housing: clothing: food and cooking habits -- 4. The army and the administration: The army -- 5. Civilian life -- 6. Religious life: missionary life: parish life: episcopal life: life in the communities -- 7. The explorers and the 'Coureurs des Bois": populating the American interior: the trade in alcohol -- 8. Economic life: agriculutre: natural resources: industries: trade -- 9. Methods of transport: the Atlantic crossing: transport by waterway: transport overland -- 10. The structure of a new population: social life: love affairs: intellectual life -- Conclusion.

Summary:

This volume recounts how the first attempt at French colonial life took form. Includes information about where and how the people lived, how they organized their civil, military and religious life and adapted themselves to hardships of the wilderness.

Subject:

Civilization
Canada History To 1763 (New France)
Canada Civilization.
Canada Civilisation Jusqu'à 1763.
Nouvelle-France Histoire.
Canada Histoire Jusqu'à 1763 (Nouvelle-France)
Canada Civilisation.
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Casanova, Jacques Donat, author.
Congreve, Carola, translator.
Casanova, Jacques Donat.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 66579
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:85-B9620
Status: Available