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OverviewIn 1969, the federal and New Brunswick governments created Kouchibouguac National Park on the province's east coast. The park's creation required the relocation of more than 1200 people who lived within its boundaries. Government officials claimed the mass eviction was necessary both to allow visitors to view ""nature"" without the intrusion of a human presence and to improve the lives of the former inhabitants. But unprecedented resistance by the mostly Acadian residents, many of whom described their expulsion from the park as a ""second deportation,"" led Parks Canada to end its practice of forcible removal. One resister, Jackie Vautour, remains a squatter on his land to this day. In Kouchibouguac, Ronald Rudin draws on extensive archival research, interviews with more than thirty of the displaced families, and a wide range of Acadian cultural creations to tell the story of the park's establishment, the resistance of its residents, and the memory of that experience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald RudinPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781442628403ISBN 10: 1442628405 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 14 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPrologue: On the Road Again Part I: Removal Chapter 1: People Before the Park Chapter 2: Planning Without People Chapter 3: Removal and Rehabilitation Part II: Resistance Chapter 4: Gone Fishing Chapter 5: The Acadian Freedom Fighter Part III: Remembrance Chapter 6: Art for a Cause Chapter 7: Reconciliation Epilogue: Chez ComeauReviews'This is an important book that tells a story, we think we know, in a new and different way... A significant contribution to the regional and national history of Canada.' -- Tina Loo Acadiensis September 2016 Kouchibouguac is an excellent book, not only as a resource, but as enlightening reading for anyone with a social conscience. Ronald Rudin is to be applauded for his intensive and extensive research and his obvious concern for getting the Kouchibouguac story told properly and lucidly. -- James M. Fisher The Miramichi Reader, August 24, 2016 "'This is an important book that tells a story, we think we know, in a new and different way... A significant contribution to the regional and national history of Canada.' -- Tina Loo Acadiensis September 2016 'Historians, civil servants, students, and general public will find it a stimulating and valuable interpretation of the time and events.' -- Sheila Andrew Canadian Historical Review vol 97:04:2016 ""Kouchibouguac is an excellent book, not only as a resource, but as enlightening reading for anyone with a social conscience. Ronald Rudin is to be applauded for his intensive and extensive research and his obvious concern for getting the Kouchibouguac story told properly and lucidly."" -- James M. Fisher The Miramichi Reader, August 24, 2016" Kouchibouguac is an excellent book, not only as a resource, but as enlightening reading for anyone with a social conscience. Ronald Rudin is to be applauded for his intensive and extensive research and his obvious concern for getting the Kouchibouguac story told properly and lucidly. -- James M. Fisher The Miramichi Reader, August 24, 2016 Author InformationRonald Rudin is a professor in the Department of History and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University. His most recent book, Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie, received both the US National Council on Public History Book Award and the Public History Prize of the Canadian Historical Association. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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