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  • Author: Rand, John A.
  • Author: Leamon, James S.

Date: 1975

Language: en; fr

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A short history of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, published on the centennial year of the local "Peoples Savings Bank" and conceived through the lens of that financial institution. Historical content is segmented by decade, each chapter illustrated with…

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  • Author: Leamon, James S.

Date: 1976

Language: en

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The second book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: A Textile City in Transition is a 60-page overview of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine's industrial history and…

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  • Author: Albert, Félix

Date: 1909 (1991)

Language: English (traduction du français)

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Translated and republished autobiography of French-Canadian immigrant to Lowell, Massachusetts, originally made public at the beginning of the 20th century. Introduction written by Frances H. Early. From the book jacket: "This is the story of a…

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  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 4 of 8

Language: en

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Volume 4 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…

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  • Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
  • Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 5 of 8

Language: en; fr

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Volume 5 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fifth of six…

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  • Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
  • Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 6 of 8

Language: en

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Volume 6 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…

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  • Author: Bodnar, John E.

Date: 1985

Language: en

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An overview of American immigration and ethnic histories from American cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written by the Director of Oral History Research at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. From Indiana University…

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  • Author: Boisvert, Donat

Date: 1983

Language: en

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Legislative document highlighting the borderland tourism industries of Maine and Canada in the 1980s.

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  • Author: Downs, Jacques M.

Date: 1985

Language: en

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A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford,…

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1994

Language: en

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1979

Language: en

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From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes…

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  • Author: Frenette, Yves (rédacteur)
  • Author: PaÌ‚quet, Martin (rédacteur)
  • Author: Lamarre, Jean (rédacteur)

Date: 2002

Language: fr

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Recuil d'essaies en l'honneur d'Yves Roby, un historien québécois, par ses collègues et ses anciens étudiants. Des études sur les sujets importants de la carrière de Roby: l'historiographie; "les espaces québecois et…

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas (editor)

Date: 1981 (1993)

Language: en

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From Columbia University Press: "Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In 'Farm to Factory' Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters…

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  • Author: Armstrong, John Borden

Date: 1969

Language: en

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Nearly two hundred years of history in a New Hampshire town. Harrisville's businesses and communities, the production of its farms, and the centrality of its mills. The economic, political, and social transformations of Harrisville laid out…

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  • Author: Sleeper, Frank

Date: 1998

Language: en

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Photo history of the Upper St. John Valley, northern Maine, with a brief historical introduction. Part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" series.

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  • Author: Rodrigue, Barry Hadfield

Date: 1994

Language: en

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Critical biography of Tom Plant, leader in the shoe industry of New England near the turn of the twentieth century, situated in the Bath, Maine, area. Refutes and diversifies the stereotypical notion of the French Canadian immigrant worker experience…

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  • Author: Lee, Anthony W.

Date: 2008

Language: en

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A history of photography, shoemaking, mining, and immigration as they converged on North Adams, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. From the text: "...[this book] is concerned...with the industrialization of a New England craft at one of its key historical…

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  • Author: Schriver, Edward (editor)

Date: 1973

Language: English

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Proceedings of a 1972 conference at the University of Maine on the subject of French culture in the northeastern borderlands of Maine and Canada. Contents include transcripts of the following presentations: "The Loyalists and the Acadians" "Le Centre…

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  • Author: Bellerose, Robert

Date: 2004

Language: en

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Arcadia's "Images of America" series revisits the pre- and post-industrial city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with pictures that span the period from 1834 to 2000. Transitional American urban and riverbank landscapes across two centuries, through…

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  • Author: Clarke, Maurice D.
  • Author: Clarke, John Badger

Date: 1875

Language: en

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Subtitled, "A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks." 1875 history of Manchester, New Hampshire. Begins…

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  • Author: Daniels, Roger

Date: 2002

Language: en

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Comprehensive history of immigration to the United States from the 17th to the 21st century. Divided into [ ] parts: Colonial America; The Century of Immigration (1820-1924); and Modern Times.

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  • Author: Heffernan, Nancy Coffey
  • Author: Stecker, Anne Page

Date: 1986

Language: en

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From University Press of New England: "A classic history of New Hampshire’s economic and political development, now updated for the twenty-first century....From fiercely ambitious and independent colonial towns to the media circus of the…

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  • Author: Cumbler, John Taylor, Jr.

Date: 1979

Language: en

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Based on the research for Cumbler's 1974 dissertation, "Continuity and Disruption," this text is a narrower (twenty years fewer), illustrated exploration of ethnicity woven through the working-class communities of Lynn and Fall River, Massachusetts.…

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  • Author: Craig, Béatrice

Date: 2009

Language: en

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From University of Toronto Press: "In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England was established on the banks of the Upper…

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1992

Language: en

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From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young…

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  • Author: Woolfson, Peter

Date: 1983

Publication: The French in Vermont: Some Current Views

Language: en

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Paper on Franco American values and cultural patterns as visible in the people of Vermont. The importance of recognizing such patterns and morals for health and social service providers. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced…

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  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1976

Language: en

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A thorough history of the Franco American presence in the city of Augusta, Maine, up to the 1970s. Histories of mill, church, school, and community, from their migrant inception through sometimes celebratory, sometimes violent, persistence.…

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  • Author: New Hampshire Historical Society

Date: 2013

Language: en; fr

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Short history lesson on French Canadian immigration and community building in New Hampshire, covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. Concludes with discussion questions about the provided information and photographs. Designed by the New Hampshire…

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  • Author: Samson, Gary

Date: 2000

Language: en

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Pictorial history of the communities in and around the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's mill complex in Manchester, New Hampshire. The rise and fall of Amoskeag, in photos. A volume in the broad-ranging "Images of America" series of books. Previously…

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  • Author: Moran, William

Date: 2002

Language: en

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A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic…

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