Description |
xix, 633 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [583]-612) and index. |
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. |
Subject |
Acadia -- History.
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Acadians -- History.
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Acadians -- Ethnic identity.
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ISBN |
0773526994 alkaline paper |
Standard No. |
9780773526990 |
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