{"product_id":"9781934110782","title":"Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History\u003c\/i\u003e traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. While written in a format comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, it will prove appealing and informative as well to adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eLe Grand Dérangement\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades they have contributed their exotic cuisine and accordion-and-fiddle dance music to American popular culture. \u003ci\u003eCajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History\u003c\/i\u003e includes numerous images and over a dozen sidebars on topics ranging from Cajun music to Mardi Gras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048179712240,"sku":"9781934110782","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934110782_p0.jpg?v=1763641499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934110782","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}