From migrant to Acadian a North American border people, 1604-1755
Title:
From migrant to Acadian a North American border people, 1604-1755
Author:
Griffiths, N. E. S. (Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus), 1934-
ISBN:
9780773526990
9780773571860
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Publication Information:
Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 633 p.) : maps.
Contents:
Exploration for settlement and trade -- "Acadie" or "Nova Scotia" -- The first Acadian community -- The establishment of a border colony -- Acadia: a colony of France -- Acadia: life in a border colony -- Acadian resilience -- The last years of French rule -- Conquest and reaction -- Utrecht and the policy of Acadian neutrality -- Accommodations -- British administration, Acadian settler -- Years of war, 1745-48 -- The splintered truce -- The final months of accommodation -- The decision to deport.
Abstract:
"N.E.S. Griffiths uses the results of forty-five years of archival research in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy to place Acadian history in the context of contemporary North American and European events. She emphasizes Acadian relationships with the Mi'kmaq, showing they were of crucial importance in the development of Acadian identity, land-holding practices, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, and family structure. From Migrant to Acadian also explains how the imperial ambitions of both the French and the British collided with the strong belief of the Acadians in their own identity, resulting in the tragic deportation of the majority of the Acadian community in 1755"--Jacket.
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Electronic Access:
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