The seventeenth Proceedings continues the society's tradition of French historical studies by distinguished scholars. This work is particularly strong on essays relating to New France, including Canada, Louisiana, Saint-Domingue, and Africa. The following topics are examined: Indian diplomacy, military history, economic history, the progress of the Quebec place-name dictionary, Ancient Regime slavery in the Caribbean, deserters in Colonial Louisiana, eighteenth-century fears of a Jesuit New Paraguay, the social history of Brazzaville (Africa), and the treatment of De Gaulle's African policy by the American press. Contributors are Cornelius J. Jaenen, Dale Miquelon, A.J.B. Johnston, Serge Courville, Remi Mayrand, Robert Forster, Michael James Foret, Alan Hager, Phyllis Martin, and David Gardinier. Co-published with the French Colonial Historical Society.