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.
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Acadians -- Migrations. |
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History. |
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Acadians. |
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Acadians -- Relocation -- History.
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Nova Scotia -- History -- To 1763.
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Nova Scotia. |
Chronological Term |
To 1763 |
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Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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America. |
Chronological Term |
17th century |
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France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
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France. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
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France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
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North America -- Historiography.
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North America. |
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Historiography. |
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North America -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
ISBN |
0393051358 hardcover |
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