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The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803
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In this penetrating study, Carl Brasseaux looks beyond long-standing mythology to provide a critical account of early Acadian culture in Louisiana and...
A Primer on Francophone Louisiana
In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen F...
Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou
Shrimp is easily America’s favorite seafood, but its very popularity is the wellspring of problems that threaten the shrimp industry’s existence. ...
The History of Cajun Cuisine
"Despite the increased popularity of Cajun foods such as gumbo, crawfish etouffee, and boudin, relatively little is known about the history of this cu...
Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain
Winner of the 2018 Louisiana Literary Award given by the Louisiana Library Association For centuries, outlanders have openly denigrated Louisiana's co...
Lists name, age, sex, occupation, native of, ship, port/dept., arrival, destination....
A History and Directory
In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinth...
Dispersal and Wanderings of the Acadians, 1755-1809
Mainly covers the Acadian dispersal in the United States and Canada....
Louisiana's Historic Cajun Country
"Acadiana" summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress, cocoa-colored bayous, subtropical wildlife, and spicy indigenous...
The 1927 Flood in Acadiana
Service Records of French Military and Administrative Personnel Stationed in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast Region, 1699-1769
Contains more than seven thousand career biographies of men and women who served the French monarchy in Colonial Louisiana, as well as images, introdu...
Birth and Evolution of the Evangeline Myth
Where Yesterday Meets Tomorrow : an Illustrated History