Rethinking New Acadia: Recent Interpretations of the Acadians' Dispersal and Arrival in Louisiana
Brand: University of Louisiana
Categories: Books, History, Americas



Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.4 x 8.9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1946160461
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1946160466
Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Print length: 136 pages
Publication date: June 18, 2019
subtitle: Paperback – June 18, 2019
author: Michael S. Martin
review: Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Essays include: "The Expulsion of the Acadians in a Broader Context" by John Mack Faragher (Yale University); "The Acadian Refugees in France" by Jean-Franois Mouhot (Les Courmettes, France); "The Environmental Context: Bayou Teche as the Acadians Found It" by Shane Bernard (McIlhenny Company); "The Initial Acadian Settlement: A New Look at its Location in the Attakapas" by Donald J. Arceneaux (independent scholar); "Finding Nouvelle Acadie: Lost Colonies,Collective Memory, and the New Acadia Project" by Mark Rees (University of Louisiana at Lafayette); "Indians, Settlers, and Slaves on a Colonial Frontier: The Acadians among Other Peoples" by Daniel J. Usner (Vanderbilt University) About the Author Michael S. Martin holds the Cheryl Courrg Burguires/Board of Regents Professorship in History. His research and teaching interests focus on Louisiana history, public history, and the history of the U.S. South. Martin's most recent publications include The Louisiana Experience (as co-author, 2017), Creolization in the French Americas (as co-editor, 2015); Russell Long: A Life in Politics (2014), Louisiana Legacies: Readings in the History of the Pelican State (as co-editor, 2013), Louisiana Beyond Black and White: Recent Interpretations of Twentieth-Century Race and Race Relations (as editor, 2011) and Historic Lafayette (2007).