{"product_id":"the-contexts-of-acadian-history-16861784-the-1988-winthrop-pickard-bell-lectures-in-maritime-studies","title":"The Contexts of Acadian History  1686-1784 (The 1988 Winthrop Pickard Bell Lectures in Maritime Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1600 there were no such people as the Acadians; by 1700 the Acadians  who numbered almost 2 000  lived in an area now covered by northern Maine  New Brunswick  Nova Scotia  Prince Edward Island  and the southern Gasp region of Quebec. While most of their ancestors had come to live there from France  a number had arrived from Scotland and England. Their relations with the original inhabitants of the region  the Micmac and Malecite peoples  were generally peaceful. In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht recognized the Acadian community and gave their territory -- on the frontier between New England and New France -- to Great Britain. During the next forty years the Acadians continued to prosper and to develop their political life and distinctive culture. The deportation of 1755  however  exiled the majority of Acadians to other British colonies in North America. Some went on from their original destination to England  France  or Santo Domingo; many of those who arrived in France continued on to Louisiana; some Acadians eventually returned to Nova Scotia  but not to the lands they once held. The deportation  however  did not destroy the Acadian community. In spite of a horrific death toll  nine years of proscription  and the forfeiture of property and political rights  the Acadians continued to be part of Nova Scotia. The communal existence they were able to sustain  Griffiths shows  formed the basis for the recovery of Acadian society when  in 1764  they were again permitted to own land in the colony. Instead of destroying the Acadian community  the deportation proved to be a source of power for the formation of Acadian identity in the nineteenth century. By placing Acadian history in the context of North American and European realities  Griffiths removes it from the realms of folklore and partisan political interpretation. She brings into play the current historiographical concerns about the development of the trans-Atlantic world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries  considerably sharpening our focus on this period of North American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946675925045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0773508864","price":45.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780773508866.jpg?v=1769960526","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-contexts-of-acadian-history-16861784-the-1988-winthrop-pickard-bell-lectures-in-maritime-studies","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}