A great and noble scheme
Subtitle: the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland
By: John Mack Faragher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W Norton & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
Subjects: Acadians -- Migrations -- History; Acadians -- Relocation -- History; Nova Scotia -- History -- To 1763; Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century; France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century; France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century; North America -- Historiography; North America -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-538) and index.
Table of contents: title: L'ordre de bon-temps : the French arrival in l'Acadie, 1604-1616; title: Seigneurs et roturiers : the birth of the Acadian people, 1614-1688; title: Cunning is better than force : life in the borderland, 1671-1696; title: Nos amis les ennemis : the English conquest, 1696-1710; title: The meadows of l'Acadie : imperial designs and Acadian desires, 1710-1718; title: "To gett them over by degrees" : controversy over the oath, 1718-1730; title: The French neutrals : years of Acadian prosperity, 1730-1739; title: Plac'd between two fires : Paul Mascarene and Imperial War, 1739-1747; title: Discord and desolation : the British buildup, 1748-1753; title: By fire and sword : the siege of Beauséjour, December 1753-July 1755; title: Driven out of the country : the decision to remove the Acadians, June-July 1755; title: Gone, all gone: the expulsion, August-December 1755; title: Removed to a strange land : the exiles, 1755-1758; title: Chasse à mort! : the refugees, 1756-1760; title: The rays of the morning : end of the removal era, 1760-1785; title: Le grand dérangement : memory and history.