The Acadians
Subtitle: in search of a homeland
By: James Laxer ; [foreword by Maurice Basque].
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Toronto, ON]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780385661089
Description: In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on Canada's east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada's Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian today is elusive, and while their community, centred in New Brunswick, is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future. Some descriptions of violence.