Christopher Hodson is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is the author of The Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History (OUP, 2012).Brett Rushforth is Editor in Chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly. He previously held positions at the University of Oregon and the College of William and Mary. He is the author of the award-winning Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France.

In this epic, powerful, and transformative telling of the history of the French Atlantic world, Hodson and Rushforth offer us a new way of understanding empire and its many contemporary legacies. Crafted from a remarkably rich set of archives and material culture and a deep understanding of cultural, economic, and intellectual history, Beyond the Ocean foregrounds African and Indigenous voices and the role of women as it brings alive little-known historical figures and astounding moments of encounter and exchange.

• Introduction: The Two Lives of Jacques Devaulx Chapter 1: Kingdoms and Crusaders Chapter 2: Going to Guinea Chapter 3: New Worlds Chapter 4: Diverse Progenies and Lineages Chapter 5: Incorporating Colonialism Chapter 6: Absolutely Atlantic Chapter 7: Insinuating Empire Chapter 8: Negotiating Power Chapter 9: Lawless Empire Chapter 10: An Empire at War Chapter 11: Worlds Remade Chapter 12: Empire Unchained Conclusion: Echoes Notes Index

Christopher Hodson is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is the author of The Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History (OUP, 2012).Brett Rushforth is Editor in Chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly. He previously held positions at the University of Oregon and the College of William and Mary. He is the author of the award-winning Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France.

In this epic, powerful, and transformative telling of the history of the French Atlantic world, Hodson and Rushforth offer us a new way of understanding empire and its many contemporary legacies. Crafted from a remarkably rich set of archives and material culture and a deep understanding of cultural, economic, and intellectual history, Beyond the Ocean foregrounds African and Indigenous voices and the role of women as it brings alive little-known historical figures and astounding moments of encounter and exchange.

• Introduction: The Two Lives of Jacques Devaulx Chapter 1: Kingdoms and Crusaders Chapter 2: Going to Guinea Chapter 3: New Worlds Chapter 4: Diverse Progenies and Lineages Chapter 5: Incorporating Colonialism Chapter 6: Absolutely Atlantic Chapter 7: Insinuating Empire Chapter 8: Negotiating Power Chapter 9: Lawless Empire Chapter 10: An Empire at War Chapter 11: Worlds Remade Chapter 12: Empire Unchained Conclusion: Echoes Notes Index

Christopher Hodson is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is the author of The Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History (OUP, 2012).Brett Rushforth is Editor in Chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly. He previously held positions at the University of Oregon and the College of William and Mary. He is the author of the award-winning Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France.

In this epic, powerful, and transformative telling of the history of the French Atlantic world, Hodson and Rushforth offer us a new way of understanding empire and its many contemporary legacies. Crafted from a remarkably rich set of archives and material culture and a deep understanding of cultural, economic, and intellectual history, Beyond the Ocean foregrounds African and Indigenous voices and the role of women as it brings alive little-known historical figures and astounding moments of encounter and exchange.

• Introduction: The Two Lives of Jacques Devaulx Chapter 1: Kingdoms and Crusaders Chapter 2: Going to Guinea Chapter 3: New Worlds Chapter 4: Diverse Progenies and Lineages Chapter 5: Incorporating Colonialism Chapter 6: Absolutely Atlantic Chapter 7: Insinuating Empire Chapter 8: Negotiating Power Chapter 9: Lawless Empire Chapter 10: An Empire at War Chapter 11: Worlds Remade Chapter 12: Empire Unchained Conclusion: Echoes Notes Index