Kourou and the Struggle for a French America, 2015 War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 Series

Kourou was to be a wonderful revenge, a French colony in America after the Seven Years War in 1763. However, the fantastic ideal became a grand failure and political disaster, marking the end of the French attempts for an American colony.

Introduction 1. Farewell Quebec 2. The Kingdom of the Golden King 3. Americas 4. White Colony 5. Forces Present 6. Mirages 7. From the Rhine to the Atlantic 8. Disaster Ahead 9. Kourou 10. The Trap was Sprung 11. Turgot's Disgrace Conclusion

Marion Godfroy is Associate Researcher at Université de la Sorbonne Paris I, France. She is a French historian, the award-winning author of four historical books.