"Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History"
traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American
ethnic group. In its original English, the book proved a perfect
package, comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students,
while appealing to and informing adult readers seeking a one-volume
exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. It
is now available for the first time translated into French. 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 "Le
Grand Derangement" (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.In recent decades they
have contributed their lively cuisine and accordion-and-fiddle
dance music to American popular culture. "Les Cadiens et leurs
ancetres acadiens: l'histoire racontee aux jeunes" includes
numerous images and over a dozen sidebars on topics ranging from
Cajun music and horse racing heroes to Mardi Gras. Shane K.
Bernard's welcomed and cherished history of the Cajun people is
translated into French by Faustine Hillard. The book offers a
long-sought immersion text, ideal for the young learner and adult
alike.
Intended to appeal to both native French-speakers as well as to
English-speaking students who are learning French, this French
translation of Shane K. Bernard's "Cajuns and Their Acadian
Ancestors: A Young Reader's History" is perfect for middle-school
and high-school readers enrolled in conversational and French
Immersion classes. Adult readers of French will also find it a
useful primer of Acadian and Cajun history."Les Cadiens et leurs
ancetres acadiens: l'histoire racontee aux jeunes" retrace le
periple de quatre siecles de ce groupe ethnique nord-americain
distinct des autres. Accessible aux adolescents, ce volume
s'averera egalement utile et pratique pour le lecteur adulte qui
cherche a connaitre a la fois ce peuple remarquable et ses
ancetres.
Le recit suit la trace des Acadiens, les premiers ancetres des
Cadiens, de la France du dix-septieme siecle a la Nouvelle-Ecosse,
la ou ils se sont epanouis jusqu'a ce que des soldats britanniques
les expulsent lors de cet evenement tragique que fut Le grand
derangement -- un triste episode qui a debute en 1755 et que nombre
d'historiens modernes considerent comme un parfait exemple de
nettoyage ethnique, voire de genocide. Pres de trois mille
survivants ont (peniblement) traverse les treize colonies
americaines pour se rendre jusqu'en Louisiane, alors sous le regime
espagnol. La, ils s'installent a nouveau, s'integrent a la
population locale par le biais du mariage et forment peu a peu ce
qu'il est aujourd'hui convenu d'appeler le peuple cadien.
Aujourd'hui, on compte plus d'un demi-million d'habitants d'origine
cadienne en Louisiane."
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