{"product_id":"cajuns-and-their-acadian-ancestors-a-young-readers-history-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 Dérangement\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShane K. Bernard \u003c\/b\u003eis author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture including \u003ci\u003eTeche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Cadiens et leurs ancêtres acadiens: l'histoire racontée aux jeunes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Cajuns: Americanization of a People\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSwamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726735085842,"sku":"9781934110782","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3bb2ff0c-8012-4a8b-8b80-62d6d5643ed6.jpg?v=1734881634","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cajuns-and-their-acadian-ancestors-a-young-readers-history-9781934110782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}