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By

Eric Krause, Carol Corbin & William A. O'Shea.

Essays on the History of an Eighteenth Century French Community in North America Published to commemorate the 275th Anniversary of the Founding of Louisbourg.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORWARD

  • William A. O'Shea.

List of Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

  • A.J.B. Johnston. From port de pêche to ville foritifiée: The Evolution of Urban Louisbourg, 1713 - 1758.

MILITARY

  • Bruce W. Fry. "An appearance of strength": The Fortifications of Louisbourg.
  • Allan Greer. Mutiny at Louisbourg, December 1744.
  • Allan Greer. Another Soldier's Revolt in Ile Royale, June 1750.

SOCIAL

  • Kenneth Donovan. Communities and Families: Family Life and Living Conditions in Eighteenth-Century Louisbourg.
  • A.J.B. Johnston. The People of Eighteenth-Century Louisbourg.
  • Anne O'Neill. The Gardens of 18th-Century Louisbourg.

ECONOMICS

  • B.A. Balcom. The Cod Fishery of Isle Royale, 1713 - 1758.
  • A.J.B. Johnston. The Fishermen of Eighteenth-Century Cape Breton: Numbers and Origins.
  • Donald F. Chard. The Price and Profits of Accommodation: Massachusetts - Louisbourg Trade, 1713 - 1744
  • Christopher Moore. The Other Louisbourg: Trade and Merchant Enterprise in Ile Royale, 1713 - 1758.

PRESERVATION CONSERVATION RESEARCH

  • A.J.B. Johnston. Preserving History: The Commemoration of 18th-Century Louisbourg, 1895 - 1940.
  • A.J.B. Johnston. Commemorating Louisbourg, c. 1767.
  • Robert Grenier. The Concept of the Louisbourg Underwater Museum.
  • Eric Krause. The Fortress of Louisbourg Archives: The First Twenty-Five Years.

Illustrations.

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