Habitants and Merchants in

Louise Dechene uses the island of Montreal in the seventeenth century as a case study for an analysis of the establishment of colonial society, placing her findings in a broad historiographical context that also takes account of developments in Europe and America. Dechene investigates the emergence of urban and rural communities shaped both by their French cultural background and by the new environment. Her work provides a wealth of information on immigration, trade and agriculture, social hierarchy, religion, and family life.

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Preface
Introduction
The Population	p. 1
Native People	p. 3
Local tribes	p. 3
Residents and visitors	p. 5
Contacts	p. 10
Intermarriage	p. 14
Collective perceptions	p. 15
The French Population	p. 16
Pattern of immigration	p. 16
Families	p. 18
Gentlemen-soldiers	p. 19
Indentured labour	p. 20
Single women	p. 36
Soldiers and officers	p. 37
Merchants	p. 43
Origins	p. 45
Demographic Profile	p. 47
Population structure	p. 47
Marriages	p. 49
Births	p. 55
Deaths	p. 58
Hard times	p. 59
Conclusion	p. 61
Trade	p. 63
The Basic Features of the Trade	p. 65
Montreal's location	p. 65
The monetary system	p. 67
The furs	p. 72
European goods	p. 78
Costs and profits	p. 84
Trade Relations	p. 90
The evolution of commercial functions	p. 90
Credit forges networks	p. 96
The merchants and their capital	p. 107
Marchands-forains and colonists	p. 113
The voyageurs and fur-trade engages	p. 117
Conclusion	p. 124
Agriculture	p. 127
The Physical Setting	p. 129
Landownership	p. 134
Land grants	p. 134
The evolution of seigneurial dues	p. 137
The Pattern of Settlement	p. 144
The rural landscape	p. 144
Farm size	p. 147
Occupying the Land	p. 152
Land-clearing	p. 152
Distribution of rural property and types of occupation	p. 156
Apparent mobility and actual stability	p. 161
Inheritance	p. 165
Running the Farm	p. 169
The fields	p. 170
Meadows and pastures	p. 175
Livestock	p. 177
Gardens and farm buildings	p. 181
The Agrarian Economy	p. 184
Yields	p. 184
The limits of the market	p. 187
Production and subsistence	p. 192
Conclusion	p. 196
The Society	p. 197
The Setting	p. 199
War	p. 199
View of the town	p. 203
A seigneurial town	p. 205
A town governed from above	p. 207
Social Groups	p. 211
Overview	p. 211
The seigneurs	p. 215
The nobles	p. 217
Judicial and administrative personnel	p. 219
The merchants	p. 220
Traders and artisans	p. 222
The habitants	p. 226
The social dimension	p. 229
The Family	p. 237
Types of household	p. 238
Marriage community and inheritance	p. 240
Family relations	p. 249
Religious Life	p. 260
The priests	p. 261
The parishes	p. 264
Schools	p. 269
Religious practices	p. 272
Conclusion	p. 279
Appendices	p. 287
Weights and Measures	p. 289
Supplementary Tables	p. 291
Graphs	p. 297
Notes	p. 323
Note on Manuscript Sources	p. 427
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