Book
The founding of New Acadia: the beginnings of Acadian life in Louisiana, 1765-1803
Louisiana State University Press • Baton Rouge, La. • Published In 1987 • Pages:
By: Brasseaux, Carl A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a detailed historical study of the Acadian (later to be called Cajun) population from the arrival of these French emigrants to Nova Scotia in the early seventeenth century up to 1803 when the United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France. The book describes the cultural adaptation of the Acadians to life in Nova Scotia, their relationship to the French and later English administrations, and their eventual expulsion in 1755 by the English at the end of the French and Indian War. Additional chapters describe Acadians' cultural adjustments to the regions to which they were sent or voluntarily emigrated -- the middle Atlantic colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania and Feudal France -- and their eventual resettlement in Louisiana. Further chapters deal with socio-cultural adaptation and change to life in Louisiana, Acadian anticlericalism, relations with the Creole and Indian populations, and the rise of slavery in 'New Acadia'.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Total culture
- Diet
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Peacemaking
- Ecclesiastical organization
- 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
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- 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
- Carl A. Brasseaux
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-222) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86020099
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns