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Author Faragher, John Mack, 1945-

Title A great and noble scheme : the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland / John Mack Faragher.

Publication Info. New York : W.W Norton & Co., [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F1038 F37 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xx, 562 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-538) and index.
Contents L'ordre de bon-temps : the French arrival in l'Acadie, 1604-1616 -- Seigneurs et roturiers : the birth of the Acadian people, 1614-1688 -- Cunning is better than force : life in the borderland, 1671-1696 -- Nos amis les ennemis : the English conquest, 1696-1710 -- The meadows of l'Acadie : imperial designs and Acadian desires, 1710-1718 -- "To gett them over by degrees" : controversy over the oath, 1718-1730 -- The French neutrals : years of Acadian prosperity, 1730-1739 -- Plac'd between two fires : Paul Mascarene and Imperial War, 1739-1747 -- Discord and desolation : the British buildup, 1748-1753 -- By fire and sword : the siege of Beauséjour, December 1753-July 1755 -- Driven out of the country : the decision to remove the Acadians, June-July 1755 -- Gone, all gone: the expulsion, August-December 1755 -- Removed to a strange land : the exiles, 1755-1758 -- Chasse à mort! : the refugees, 1756-1760 -- The rays of the morning : end of the removal era, 1760-1785 -- Le grand dérangement : memory and history.
Subject Acadians -- Migrations -- History.
Acadians -- Migrations.
History.
Acadians.
Acadians -- Relocation -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- To 1763.
Nova Scotia.
Chronological Term To 1763
Subject Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
Emigration and immigration.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
America.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
France.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
North America -- Historiography.
North America.
Historiography.
North America -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
ISBN 0393051358 hardcover