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A great and noble scheme, the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland, John Mack Faragher

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A great and noble scheme, the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland, John Mack Faragher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-538) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A great and noble scheme

Nature of contents

bibliography

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55730272

Responsibility statement

John Mack Faragher

Sub title

the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland

Table Of Contents

L'ordre de bon-temps : the French arrival in l'Acadie, 1604-1616 -- Seigneurs et roturiers : the birth of the Acadian people, 1614-1688 -- Cunning is better than force : life in the borderland, 1671-1696 -- Nos amis les ennemis : the English conquest, 1696-1710 -- The meadows of l'Acadie : imperial designs and Acadian desires, 1710-1718 -- To gett them over by degrees : controversy over the oath, 1718-1730 -- The French neutrals : years of Acadian prosperity, 1730-1739 -- Plac'd between two fires : Paul Mascarene and imperial war, 1739-1747 -- Discord and desolation : the British buildup, 1748-1753 -- By fire and sword : the siege of Beauséjour, December 1753-July 1755 -- Driven out of the country : the decision to remove the Acadians, June-July 1755 -- Gone, all gone: the expulsion, August-December 1755 -- Removed to a strange land : the exiles, 1755-1758 -- Chasse à mort! : the refugees, 1756-1760 -- The rays of the morning : end of the removal era, 1760-1785 -- Le grand dérangement : memory and history

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