Book
The Cajuns: from Acadia to Louisiana
Farrar Straus Giroux • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Rushton, William Faulkner.
Abstract
William Rushton, a native Louisianian, presents an account of Cajun history and culture from the establishment of their initial settlements in Nova Scotia in the early seventeenth century to Louisiana in the 1970s. Although James Dorman expresses some reservations about this book it contains data on cultural history, values and mores, foods and food preparation, house types and architecture, weaving, music, fishing, and other economic activities. The lengthy historical section of this work is supplemented in the appendix by a detailed chronology of historical events affecting the Acadian/Cajun population starting with the early sixteenth century in Europe and America up to 1977.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- variable
- Coverage Place
- Louisiana, United States
- Notes
- William Faulkner Rushton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-342)
- LCCN
- 78021580
- LCSH
- Cajuns