Includes bibliographical references and index SPL: Canadiana
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 : British buildup, 1748-1753 Driven away 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
