Faragher, John Mack, 1945-

A great and noble scheme : the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland / John Mack Faragher. - New York : W.W Norton & Co., c2005. - xx, 562 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-538) 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 : the British buildup, 1748-1753 -- By fire and sword : the siege of Beausǰour, 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 ̉mort! : the refugees, 1756-1760 -- The rays of the morning : end of the removal era, 1760-1785 -- Le grand dřangement : memory and history.

0393328279 (soft cover) 17.95 0393328279 (pbk.)

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Acadians--Migrations--History.
Acadians--Relocation--History.


Nova Scotia--History--To 1763.
Nova Scotia--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--America--17th century.
France--Colonies--History--America--17th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--America--18th century.
France--Colonies--History--America--18th century.
North America--Historiography.
North America--Ethnic relations.

F1038 / .F37 2005