{"product_id":"beyond-the-ocean-france-and-the-atlantic-world-from-the-crusades-to-the-age-of-revolutions-hardcover","title":"Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hodson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrett Rushforth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold reinterpretation of French colonialism from its medieval roots to the early nineteenth century\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 1400 and 1800, the people of Europe, Africa, and the Americas grew ever more connected by overseas trade and colonization. Histories of this transformative era have been dominated by Iberian and British experiences, overlooking the vast reach of the pre-Napoleonic French Empire. Yet by the mid-eighteenth century, France claimed nearly a third of North America, ruled over the Caribbean's most profitable and brutal plantations, and controlled a substantial proportion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Beyond the Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth reveal the significant role that France played in the history of the Atlantic world and the ways the Atlantic shaped France in return. Drawing on expansive original research in multiple languages, they craft an unconventional history of empire that highlights the experiences, priorities, and influence of Native Americans and West Africans, both free and enslaved. French sailors, nuns, smugglers, and weavers also appear as dynamic historical actors who shaped the emerging empire as much as kings and bureaucrats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by compelling individual stories woven into a sweeping chronological narrative, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e offers a bold new interpretation of French colonialism that recovers the full complexity of a misunderstood empire and reveals its profound significance to the interconnected Atlantic basin and the early modern world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Hodson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrett Rushforth\u003c\/strong\u003e is Editor in Chief of the \u003cem\u003eHuntington Library Quarterly.\u003c\/em\u003e He previously held positions at the University of Oregon and the College of William and Mary. He is the author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eBonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France.\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.77 x 9.43 x 6.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48049698930909,"sku":"9780190455842","price":52.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/WYXCcAFajF9780190455842.webp?v=1781745943","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-ocean-france-and-the-atlantic-world-from-the-crusades-to-the-age-of-revolutions-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}