Book
The Cajuns: from Acadia to Louisiana
Farrar Straus Giroux • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Rushton, William Faulkner.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Food quest
- Pastoral activities
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Leather, textiles, and fabrics
- Land use
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- Art
- Spectacles
- External relations
- Peacemaking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cajuns
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Louisiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Faulkner Rushton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-342)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78021580
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns