ISBN:
1578065232
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1578065224
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 196 p)
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ill., map
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Cajuns : Americanization of a People
DDC:
305.84/10763
Keywords:
Cajuns History
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Cajuns Cultural assimilation
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Cajuns Ethnic identity
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Americanization
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Americanization
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Cajuns ; Cultural assimilation
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Cajuns ; Ethnic identity
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Cajuns ; History
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Louisiana ; Ethnic relations
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United States ; Ethnic relations
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Electronic books
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Louisiana Ethnic relations
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United States Ethnic relations
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
History -- Southern Studies--&. The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana. In the 1940s, when America entered World War II, so too did the isolated Cajuns. Cajun soldiers fought alongside troops from Brooklyn and Berkeley and absorbed aspects of new cultures. In the 1950s as rock 'n' roll
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Cajuns during Wartime; TWO: Atomic-Age Cajuns; THREE: Cajuns and the 1960s; FOUR: From Coonass to Cajun Power; FIVE: Exploitation and Revitalization; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-182) and index
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Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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