The Acadian refugees in France, 1758-1785 : the impossible reintegration? / Jean-François Mouhot ; translated by Russell Desmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mouhot, Jean-François, author.

Contributor:

Desmond, Russell, translator.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Réfugiés Acadiens en France 1758-1785. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Acadians--France--History--18th century.

Acadians.

Acadians--Relocation--History--18th century.

History.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 356 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Part I. To Assemble or Disperse? The Plans for Settlement: "An attachment bordering on fanaticism for France:" causes for the arrival in France ; The French administration and the Acadian groups -;The plans for settlement: to populate the empire (c. 1760-c. 1765) ; The plans for settlement: clearing land in France (1763-1772) ; The plans for settlement: establishing the Acadians in France (1772-1785)

Part II. The Subsidies and Economic Problems: The subsidies: spoiled children of the ancien régime? ; Details of the assistance ; "Work, take the trouble" ; A sufficient supplement: a factor in the integration? ; Impressions of the Acadians: the view of the administrators ; A group apart? ; The opinion of the popular classes and matrimonial intermingling

Epilogue and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781935754756

1935754750

OCLC:

1001967999

Publisher Number:

40028301641

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