Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History

Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American...
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Author: Shane K. Bernard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History by Bernard, Shane K.

Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History

Dhs. 118.90

Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History

Dhs. 118.90
Author: Shane K. Bernard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.

Author: Shane K. Bernard
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 03/25/2008
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 10.18h x 8.16w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781934110782
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Shane K. Bernard is author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture including Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou; Les Cadiens et leurs ancêtres acadiens: l'histoire racontée aux jeunes; The Cajuns: Americanization of a People; and Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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