Book
Acadian to Cajun: transformation of a people, 1803-1877
University Press of Mississippi • Jackson, Miss. • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Brasseaux, Carl A..
Abstract
Starting where his previous work on Acadian history ended (see document number 5: Brasseaux, in this file), Brasseaux continues with his study of history from the period of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, when the transplanted Acadian culture began to take on a decidedly Louisiana character, to 1877, the end of Reconstruction in Louisiana, at which time '…ascriptive distinctions between Acadians and neighboring groups had become blurred, giving rise to the creation of a new people - the Cajuns' (p.xi). Although much of the focus of this book is on the Acadian involvement in the American Civil War, there are also data on Acadian folk-life in the nineteenth century, the emergence of class structure and politics in the antebellum period, cultural change and transformation as the population adapted to life in Lousiana, and politics and violence in the post Civil War era, with particular emphasis on vigilantism, and the role of the Ku Klux Klan, Knights of the White Camelia, and the White League in minority control.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- variable
- Coverage Place
- Louisiana, United States
- Notes
- Carl A. Brasseaux
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index
- LCCN
- 92017759
- LCSH
- Cajuns