A Century Of Acadian Culture, The Development Of A Cajun Community

Erath 1899–1999

Curney J. Dronet

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781589800045
• eBook ISBN: 9781589809130
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

An in-depth look at a Louisiana Cajun community, the families who settled it, and its development over the course of the twentieth century.
 
Anthropologist William R. Ferris defined the study of regionalism as the study of the relation between people and the places in which they live. This book explores the area located in Louisiana's "French triangle," detailing the history of the people who migrated there, including the colonial French, Germans, Acadians, refugees from Santo Domingo, and immigrants from the French Revolution.
 
Erath, chartered in 1899, typified many of the small rural towns in Louisiana. The first settlers moving to Erath arrived in 1781. Originally a project of the Acadian Heritage and Cultural Foundation, A Century of Acadian Culture follows the town from its early years through its development into a center of Cajun heritage. It is anthropological in that it traces the development from wilderness to modern town, while in its coverage of the families who live there, it remains a fascinating work of history.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BRIGADIER GENERAL (RET.) CURNEY J. DRONET, SR.
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• FOREWORD
• CHRONOLOGY
• THE EXILE OF THE ACADIANS
• THE LAND, THE PEOPLE, AND THE RAILROAD
• DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN: THE STRUGGLE TOWARD ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (1910-1940)
• POST WORLD WAR II: TRANSFORMATION, MATURATION AND DISASTERS (1940 -1950)
• ERATH TAKES SHAPE: THE MIDDLE TO LATE YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY (1950-1980)
• FOLKLIFE OF THE ERATH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
• RELIGION: ITS ROLE IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE
• EDUCATION: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW FROM THE 19th TO THE 21st CENTURY
• AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE: LOCAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
• THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM: INDUSTRY, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1899-1999)
• FRATERNAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
• THE CULTURAL REVIVAL LED BY THE ACADIAN MUSEUM: A COLLABORATION BY GRANGER AND PERRIN
• CONCLUSION: THE MARCH INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX 1: ACADIAN MUSEUM BROCHURE
• APPENDIX 2: DESCRIPTION OF THE ACADIAN MUSEUM
• APPENDIX 3: FLAGS THAT FLEW OVER THE ACADIANS
• APPENDIX 4: LETTER REGARDING "COONASS"
• APPENDIX 5: THE ACADIAN MUSEUM'S TWELVE MAJOR EXHIBITS FOR FRANCOFÊTE '99:
• APPENDIX 6: ACADIAN MUSEUM'S VOLUNTEERS
• APPENDIX 7: ACADIAN MUSEUM'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• APPENDIX 8: ACADIAN MUSEUM'S CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES
• APPENDIX 9: LETTER REGARDING MARDI GRAS
• APPENDIX 10: TOWN OF ERATH: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS (1899-1999)
• APPENDIX 11: THE VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (1876-1999)
• APPENDIX 12: THE POLICE JURY OF VERMILION PARISH (1885-1999)
• INDEX