Book

The Cajuns: from Acadia to Louisiana

Farrar Straus GirouxNew 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.
Subjects
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
culture
Cajuns
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
North America
Sub Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
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