Louise Dechene uses the island of Montreal in the seventeenth century as a casestudy for an analysis of the establishment of colonial society placing herfinding... » 

Louise Dechene uses the island of Montreal in the seventeenth century as a casestudy for an analysis of the establishment of colonial society placing herfindings in a broad historiographical context that also takes account ofdevelopments in Europe and America. Dechene investigates the emergence of urbanand rural communities shaped both by their French cultural background and bythe new environment. Her work provides a wealth of information on immigrationtrade and agriculture social hierarchy religion and family life. «