Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History Contributor(s): Bernard, Shane K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934110787 ISBN-13: 9781934110782 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: The full story of Louisiana's French-speaking Cajun people written in a format comprehensible to junior high and high school students; also an appealing read for adults seeking a concise, one-volume exploration of this fascinating group of people |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States |
Dewey: 305.841 |
LCCN: 2007033462 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.16" W x 10.18" (1.06 lbs) 104 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Topical - Cajun |
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Publisher Description: Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. While written in a format comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, it will prove appealing and informative as well to adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. The narrative follows the Cajuns' early ancestors, the Acadians, from seventeenth-century France to Nova Scotia, where they flourished until British soldiers expelled them in a tragic event called Le Grand Dérangement (The Great Upheaval)--an episode regarded by many historians as an instance of ethnic cleansing or genocide. Up to one-half of the Acadian population died from disease, starvation, exposure, or outright violence in the expulsion. Nearly three thousand survivors journeyed through the thirteen American colonies to Spanish-controlled Louisiana. There they resettled, intermarried with members of the local population, and evolved into the Cajun people, who today number over a half-million. Since their arrival in Louisiana, the Cajuns have developed an unmistakable identity and a strong sense of ethnic pride. In recent decades they have contributed their exotic cuisine and accordion-and-fiddle dance music to American popular culture. Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History includes numerous images and over a dozen sidebars on topics ranging from Cajun music to Mardi Gras. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bernard, Shane K.: - Shane K. Bernard is historian and curator of McIlhenny Company, producers of TABASCO(R) brand pepper sauce, and Avery Island, Inc. He is the author of Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues; The Cajuns: Americanization of a People; and TABASCO(R) An Illustrated History. |