For a space to teach: Acadian teachers in public schools in eastern Nova Scotia, 1811-1864

• Main Author: Sweet, David Bradley
• Other Authors: Van Zyl, A. E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 370.971609034; Education > Nova Scotia > History > 19th century; Teaching > Nova Scotia > History > 19th century; Public schools > Nova Scotia > History > 19th century; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1505

This doctoral thesis concerns the Acadian teachers in the public schools of the eastern counties of Nova Scotia between the years 1811 and 1864. The early Acadian public school teachers provided the Acadians, the French speaking population, in Nova Scotia, instruction in their own French language ev...