Description
Acadie Then and Now: A People s History is an international choice of articles from 50 authors that chronicles the historical and latest realities of the Acadian and Cajun people around the world. In 1605, French colonists settled Acadie (lately Nova Scotia, Canada) and for the following 150 years developed a strong and unique Acadian culture. In 1755, the British conducted forced deportations of the Acadians rendering thousands homeless, and for the following 60 years these exiles migrated to seaports along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, in the end settling in new lands. This tragic upheaval didn’t succeed in extinguishing the Acadians, but as an alternative planted the seeds of many new Acadies, where lately their fascinating culture still thrives. This collection includes 65 articles at the Acadians and Cajuns living lately within the American states of Louisiana, Texas, and Maine, within the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Quebec, and within the French regions of Poitou, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, and St-Pierre et Miquelon.