In 1604, A Small Group Of Migrants Fled Political Turmoil And Famine In France To Start A New Colony On Canada's East Coast. Their Roughly Demarcated Territory Included What Are Now Canada's Maritime Provinces, Land That Was Fought Over By The British And French Empires Until The Acadians Were Finally Expelled In 1755. In The Absence Of A State, What Defines An Acadian Today Is Elusive, And While Their Community, Centred In New Brunswick, Is More Confident Than Ever, It Is Entering A Contentious Debate About Its Future. Some Descriptions Of Violence. Introduction: Acadie In Question. Pt. I. Acadie. 1. Birth Of A People -- 2. Growth And Uncertainty -- 3. Le Grand Derangement -- 4. Why Were The Acadians Deported? -- 5. Acadian Resistance -- Pt. Ii. Rebirth. 6. Acadie: A New Beginning -- 7. The Louis Mailloux Affair: The Struggle For Acadian Schools -- 8. The Cajun Odyssey -- 9. Evangeline -- Pt. Iii. Modern Acadie. 10. Louis Robichaud And The Great Transformation Of The 1960s -- 11. Richard Hartfield And The Parti Acadien -- 12. Acadians In A Conservative Age -- 13. The Cajun Quest For Identity -- 14. Looking Forward, Looking Back. James Laxer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Categories:
- History
- Americas
- Canada
- General
- Canada
- Americas
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Author : Laxer, James
Language : English
Edition : Canadian First
Published :2006-10-17
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385661088
ISBN-13 : 9780385661089
Item weight : 1.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 6.2 in x 9.1 in
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