"The Cajuns" is a history of how Cajun culture coped with forces that threatened to subdue its unique vitality. The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped that group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores six decades of Cajun history and analyzes the forces that impacted on Louisiana's Acadiana. Shane K. Bernard serves as historian and curator to McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand products since 1868, and Avery Island, Inc. He is the author of Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. His work has been published in such periodicals as Louisiana History, Louisiana Folklife, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, and the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
softcover, 196 pages
published in 2003
8.9"x5.9"