A great and noble scheme : the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland / John Mack Faragher.

Faragher, John Mack, 1945-

G971.604 F22gr 2005

Table of contents

First edition.

New York : W.W Norton & Co., [2005]

©2005

pages ; cm.

Acadians -- Migrations -- History.

Acadians -- Relocation -- History.

Nova Scotia -- History -- To 1763.

Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.

France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.

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

France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.

North America -- Historiography.

North America -- Ethnic relations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

L'ordre de bon-temps : the French arrival in l'Acadie, 1604-1616 -- Seigneurs et roturiers : the birth of the Acadian people, 1614-1688 -- Cunning is better than force : life in the borderland, 1671-1696 -- Nos amis les ennemis : the English conquest, 1696-1710 -- The meadows of l'Acadie : imperial designs and Acadian desires, 1710-1718 -- "To gett them over by degrees" : controversy over the oath, 1718-1730 -- The French neutrals : years of Acadian prosperity, 1730-1739 -- Plac'd between two fires : Paul Mascarene and imperial war, 1739-1747 -- Discord and desolation : British buildup, 1748-1753 -- Driven away by fire and sword : the siege of Beauséjour, December 1753-july 1755 -- Driven out of the country : the decision to remove the Acadians, june-july 1755 -- Gone, all gone: the expulsion, August-December 1755 -- Removed to a strange land : the exiles, 1755-1758 -- Chasse à mort! : the refugees, 1756-1760 -- The rays of the morning : end of the removal era, 1760-1785 -- Le grand dérangement : memory and history.

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