French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana Custom House Day-to-day life goes on

Day-to-day life goes on

have plans of their own

and act fast

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never turned anyone away who couldn't pay

French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana Custom House Day-to-day life goes onIn recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French speaking immigrant groups have been identified there, Cajuns and white Creoles being the most famous. In this guide to the amazing social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French speaking region, Carl A. Brasseaux presents an overview of the origins and evolution of all the