Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie

Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historian's Journey through Public Memory is an account of the journey of the historian, Ronald Rudin, as he spent time with individuals involved with two commemorative events, both with Acadian themes. 2004 marked the 400th anniversary of the first permanent French settlement in North America, in what would become Acadie, while 2005 marked the 250th anniversary of the Acadians' deportation at the hands of the British. This book describes the different stories that individuals, Acadians--but also their English-speaking and aboriginal neighbours, wanted to tell on these occasions, and why they wanted to tell them.

Winner of the 2010 Book Award of the National Council of Public History, and the 2011 Public History Prize of the Canadian Historical Association , Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historian's Journey through Public Memory can be purchased from University of Toronto Press.