Cyrano de Bergerac's imaginary voyage to Canada: a survey of the colony
Europeans and "the wild people": French-Amerindian relations
Scepter and Main de justice: government ambitions to create a renewed France in North America
The difficulty of finding settlers for New France and the reluctant exile of Manon Lescaut's countrymen
Sea voyagers and Bonhomme Terreneuve: the newcomer's reception and appeals to come home
Proud as a Canadien, stubborn as an Acadien: the emergence of new peoples
Group and institutional loyalties: social rank, occupation, and parish
Magic and religion in the colonists' world.
