An unsettled conquest : the British campaign against the peoples of Acadia / Geoffrey Plank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plank, Geoffrey Gilbert, 1960-

Series:

Early American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic relations.

Micmac Indians.

History.

Acadians.

Nova Scotia--History--To 1763.

Nova Scotia.

Acadia--Colonization.

Acadia.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

America.

Administration.

Acadians--Nova Scotia--History--18th century.

Micmac Indians--Nova Scotia--Government relations.

Micmac Indians--Nova Scotia--History--18th century.

Nova Scotia--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]

Summary:

The story of the removal of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, some of whose descendants are the Cajuns of Louisiana, is the subject of this in-depth history of the events leading up to the ultimate break-up of Nova Scotian society in the 1750s. After the Acadian deportation, the British systematically decimated the remaining native population--one of the most infamous events in North American history. 17 illustrations.

Contents:

1 New England and Acadia: The Region and Its Peoples 10

2 The British Arrive: The Conquest and Its Aftermath 40

3 Anglo-Mi'kmaq Relations, the French, and the Acadians 68

4 Anglo-Acadian Relations, the French, and the Mi'kmaq 87

5 Ile Royale, New England, Scotland, and Nova Scotia 106

6 The French, the Mi'kmaq, and the Collapse of the Provincial Government's Plans 122

7 The Acadian Removal 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-229) and index.

ISBN:

0812235711

OCLC:

44172951