{"product_id":"cajuns-and-their-acadian-ancestors-shane-k-bernard-9781934110782","title":"Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History","description":"\u003ci\u003eCajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History\u003c\/i\u003e traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. While written in a format comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, it will prove appealing and informative as well to adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The narrative follows the Cajuns' early ancestors, the Acadians, from seventeenth-century France to Nova Scotia, where they flourished until British soldiers expelled them in a tragic event called \u003ci\u003eLe Grand D駻angement\u003c\/i\u003e (The Great Upheaval)--an episode regarded by many historians as an instance of ethnic cleansing or genocide. Up to one-half of the Acadian population died from disease, starvation, exposure, or outright violence in the expulsion. Nearly three thousand survivors journeyed through the thirteen American colonies to Spanish-controlled Louisiana. There they resettled, intermarried with members of the local population, and evolved into the Cajun people, who today number over a half-million. Since their arrival in Louisiana, the Cajuns have developed an unmistakable identity and a strong sense of ethnic pride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In recent decades they have contributed their exotic cuisine and accordion-and-fiddle dance music to American popular culture. \u003ci\u003eCajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History\u003c\/i\u003e includes numerous images and over a dozen sidebars on topics ranging from Cajun music to Mardi Gras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane K. Bernard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934110787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934110782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.18h x 8.16w x 0.50d","brand":"Shane K. Bernard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043657052415,"sku":"9781934110782","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4294122-e011-47df-83b8-5541a64380ca.jpg?v=1684968411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cajuns-and-their-acadian-ancestors-shane-k-bernard-9781934110782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}