CHAPTER I 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER II 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER III 
     
    
   
   
    
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     CONTENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Illustrations 
     
     Preface 
     
    
   
   
    
     Under the French Regime: 1720-1758 / 13 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Colonization of Acadia / 15 
     
     fle Saint Jean: The Beginnings 
     
     of a Colony / 20 
     
     Colonization and Development: 
     
     1726-1745 /22 
     
     The British Siege: 1745-1748 / 27 
     
     The Administration and Protection 
     
     of the Colony / 28 - 
     
     Acadian Immigration: 1748-1755 /41) 
     
     The Deportation of 1758 / 33 
     
     The Fishery / 36 
     
     Farming / 41 
     
     The Spiritual Framework / 44 
     
    
   
   
    
     The First Century After the Expulsion: 
     
     1758-1860 / 49 
     
    
   
   
    
     Returning to the Island /51 
     
    

    
     Land Ownership Problems / 55 
     
     People of the Sea / 67 
     
    

    
     People of the Land /71 
     
    

    
     An Impoverished Church / 75 
     
     Education of the Island Acadians._./ 85 
     
     A Separate People /94 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Period of Transition: 1860-1890 / 99 
     
    
   
   
    
     Changing Cultural Values / 101 
     
    

    
     The Clergy Leads the Way / 106 
     
    

    
     Education / 114 
     
    

    
     The Political Arena / 128 
     
    

    
     Agricultural Economy / 136 
     
    

    
     The Sea / 147 / 148 
     
    

    
     The National Conventions of the Acadians / 
     
     153