Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: Exploration, Encounter, and the French New World / Edition 1

by Laura M. Chmielewski

Overview

In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American continent, Marquette and Jolliet combines a story of discovery and encounter with the insights derived from recent historical scholarship. The story provides perspective on the different methods and goals of colonization and the role of Native Americans as active participants in this complex and uneven process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138814585
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/08/2017
Series:	Routledge Historical Americans
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Seventeenth Century: An Era that Craved Exploration

Chapter 2: French and Colonial

Chapter 3: Searching for Answers, Spreading a Faith

Chapter 4: Encountering Europeans: Native Americans and Newcomers in the

Late-Seventeenth Century Mississippi Valley

Chapter 5: Brief Expedition, Many Consequences

Conclusion: Colonial History and Contemporary Consequence

Editorial Reviews

"Laura Chmielewski’s new book is a fascinating account of French explorers Marquette and Jolliet, revealing important cultural encounters from this understudied facet of North American history. Written for a broad audience, but thoroughly researched, Marquette & Jolliet: Exploration, Encounter and the French New World allows the reader to see the rich social, cultural, and religious landscapes in New France while portraying a journey that should be taught in every college classroom."

- Jeffrey Fortin, Emmanuel College

"Laura Chmielewski’s beautifully written new book follows Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet down the Mississippi River and into the heart of early America. In a style that will impress both historians and a general audience, she transforms their journey into an epic exploration of the spiritual and material lives of French colonists and Native Americans. Reconstructing the new world that they created together, Chmielewski evokes a deeply conflicted and very human history, one defined by the unsustainable tension between the search for cultural synergy and the quest for colonial domination."​

= John Donaghue, Loyala University Chicago

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