- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada (Oct 17 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385661088
- ISBN-13: 978-0385661089
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #418,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for The Border:
“At once magisterial and entertaining . . . an essential contribution to our knowledge of our country, and our relationship with our southern neighbours.”
–Edmonton Journal
“At once magisterial and entertaining . . . an essential contribution to our knowledge of our country, and our relationship with our southern neighbours.”
–Edmonton Journal
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An evocative and beautifully written history of some of Canada’s earliest settlers, and their search for a definitive home.
In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on Canada’s east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada’s Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. Their diaspora persists to this day.
The Acadians is the definitive history of a little-known part of the North American past, and the quintessential story of a people in search of their identity. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian is elusive and while today’s Acadian community centred in New Brunswick is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future.
James Laxer’s compelling book brilliantly explores one of Canada’s oldest and most distinct cultural groups, and shows how their complex, often tragic history reflects the larger problems facing Canada and the world today.
In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on Canada’s east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada’s Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. Their diaspora persists to this day.
The Acadians is the definitive history of a little-known part of the North American past, and the quintessential story of a people in search of their identity. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian is elusive and while today’s Acadian community centred in New Brunswick is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future.
James Laxer’s compelling book brilliantly explores one of Canada’s oldest and most distinct cultural groups, and shows how their complex, often tragic history reflects the larger problems facing Canada and the world today.
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