Dechêne, Louise.Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montréal. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. Engaging narrative highlights interesting study of 17th-century Montréal and how the inhabitants adapted to new social and economic circumstances.
Eccles, W. J.The French in North America: 1500-1783. Rev. ed. Michigan State University Press, 2001. Comprehensive and sweeping survey of the French in North America before Europeans dominated the continent.
Greer, Allan.The People of New France. University of Toronto Press, 1997. A survey of the social history of New France.