The British and French in the Atlantic 1650-1800 - 9781138657571

Taylor & Francis

The British and French in the Atlantic 1650-1800Comparisons and Contrasts\nAuthor(s): Gwenda Morgan, Peter Rushton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138657571, 978-1138657571\nSynopsis\nThe British and French in the Atlantic [tel] provides a comprehensive history of this complex period and explores the contrasting worlds of the British and the French Empires as they strove to develop new societies in the Americas. \n\nCharting the volatile relationship between the British and French, this book examines the approaches that both empires took as they attempted to realise their ambitions of exploration, conquest and settlement, and highlights the similarities as well as the differences between them. Both empires faced slave revolts, internal rebellion and revolution as well as frequent wars against one another, which came to dominate the Atlantic world, and which culminated in the eventual failure of both empires in N.