ISBN:
9781604733211
,
1604733217
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 92 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.84/10763
Keywords:
Cajuns / Louisiane / Histoire / Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
;
Cajuns / Mœurs et coutumes / Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
;
Cajuns / Identité ethnique / Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
;
Acadiens / Histoire / Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
;
Acadiens / Migrations / Histoire / Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
;
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology
;
Acadians
;
Acadians / Migrations
;
Cajuns
;
Cajuns / Ethnic identity
;
Cajuns / Social life and customs
;
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Geschichte
;
Cajuns Juvenile literature History
;
Cajuns Juvenile literature Social life and customs
;
Cajuns Juvenile literature Ethnic identity
;
Acadians Juvenile literature History
;
Acadians Juvenile literature Migrations
;
History
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-84) and index
,
Preface; Chapter One: The Acadians; Chapter Two: The Expulsion; Chapter Three: Louisiana; Chapter Four: Birth of the Cajuns; Chapter Five: "Americanized" Cajuns; Chapter Six: The Cajun Revival; Conclusion; Timeline; A Note on Historic French Names; Sources and Suggested Readings; Acknowledgments; Index
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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 D--and--eacute;rangement
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Includes some text in French
