Benjamin Steiner is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is also a member of a research group at the University of Munich

• Introduction: Building the French empire1 Colonial enclosure: Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles2 Ambitions to empire in India: Pondichéry as an imperial city in the Mughal state system 3 Decay and repair: Fort Royal as a perennial construction site on Martinique4 Mixed society and African “Rococo”: ‘French’ style in Saint-Louis and on Gorée Island5 Variegated engineering: The builders of the Caribbean empire6 Community and segregation in Louisbourg: An ‘ideal’ colonial city in Atlantic Canada7 Motley style: Affective buildings and emotional communities on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and HaitiConclusion: The empire as a material constructArchival Sources Published Sources Bibliography

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Benjamin Steiner is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is also a member of a research group at the University of Munich

• Introduction: Building the French empire1 Colonial enclosure: Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles2 Ambitions to empire in India: Pondichéry as an imperial city in the Mughal state system 3 Decay and repair: Fort Royal as a perennial construction site on Martinique4 Mixed society and African “Rococo”: ‘French’ style in Saint-Louis and on Gorée Island5 Variegated engineering: The builders of the Caribbean empire6 Community and segregation in Louisbourg: An ‘ideal’ colonial city in Atlantic Canada7 Motley style: Affective buildings and emotional communities on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and HaitiConclusion: The empire as a material constructArchival Sources Published Sources Bibliography

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Benjamin Steiner is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is also a member of a research group at the University of Munich

• Introduction: Building the French empire1 Colonial enclosure: Fortification and castles on the Lesser Antilles2 Ambitions to empire in India: Pondichéry as an imperial city in the Mughal state system 3 Decay and repair: Fort Royal as a perennial construction site on Martinique4 Mixed society and African “Rococo”: ‘French’ style in Saint-Louis and on Gorée Island5 Variegated engineering: The builders of the Caribbean empire6 Community and segregation in Louisbourg: An ‘ideal’ colonial city in Atlantic Canada7 Motley style: Affective buildings and emotional communities on Martinique, Guadeloupe, and HaitiConclusion: The empire as a material constructArchival Sources Published Sources Bibliography

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