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  • Author: Levasseur, Raymond Luc

Date: 2002

Language: en

Find in a Library: 55030481

Ray Luc Levasseur's statements from the 1989 criminal trial where he represented himself against accusations of racketeering. He places himself and a working-class Franco (Sanford, Maine) upbringing in the course of an American class struggle,…

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  • Author: Hornsby, Stephen
  • Author: Konrad, Victor A.
  • Author: Herlan, James J.

Date: 1989

Language: English

Find Online: 21307276

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  • Author: Fosdick, Lucian J.

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find Online: 614130

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  • Author: Cyr, Paul Albert

Date: 2005

Language: English

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  • Author: Belliveau, Pierre

Date: 1972

Language: English

Find Online: 2736058

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

Date: 1875

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3898298

Find Online: OL251120W

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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: Classen, H. George

Date: 1967

Language: en

Find in a Library: 788812

Find Online: OL5537093M

History of borderlands and border disputes between the United States and Canada. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the early-nineteenth-century St. John River Valley border dispute and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) that solidified the division between…

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  • Author: Handlin, Oscar

Date: 1959

Language: en

Find in a Library: 421652

Find Online: OL1170988W

Varied selections of scholarship, speeches, interviews, and articles that, according to the author, "attempt to illustrate the immigration contribution to American civilization and the forces which brought the movement to a close" (Handlin, intro).…

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  • Author: Daniels, Roger

Date: 2002

Language: en

Find in a Library: 50930977

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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

Find in a Library: 12907801

Find Online: OL3321887M (3rd ed.)

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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

Find in a Library: 4492431

Find Online: OL4743780M

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

Find in a Library: 181602806

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: Craig, Béatrice
  • Author: Dagenais, Maxime

Date: 2009

Language: English

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  • Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine

Date: 1937

Language: en

Find in a Library: 255008

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State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of…

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  • Author: Louder, Dean
  • Author: Waddell, Eric

Date: 2008

Language: Français

Find Online: 228855988

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  • Author: Cantara, Michael
  • Author: Labbé, Yvon A.
  • Author: Lévesque, Jean-Pierre
  • Author: Paradis, Judy
  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté

Date: 1996

Publication: L'ouest français et la francophonie nord-américaine

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 34983269

Une table ronde sur la présence franco-américaine dans l'état du Maine, et les efforts culturels mise en place là par des gens qui sont associés avec le Centre franco-américan de l'Université du Maine. Des profils personnels,…

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  • Author: Roberge, Céleste

Date: 1974

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1075370

Collection of 1970s writings on Franco Americans and Franco American culture, compiled and edited by Céleste Roberge. Contains the following sections and selections: Introduction - Céleste Roberge I. Social Sciences A History of…

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  • Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat

Date: 1975

Language: en (translation)

Find in a Library: 4134570

Find Online: OL4288424M

A brief history of the French presence in North America. English translation of "Une Amérique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette,…

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  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1976

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2176381

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: Tardivel, Jules Paul

Date: 1900

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 6856491

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Un histoire et critique de l'église Catholique aux États-Unis, écrit en deux parties par un scolaire français au Canada. Certaines réflexions sur le développement d'un catholicisme américain. Comparaisons entre des prévisions…

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  • Author: Aubin, Albert K.

Date: 1981

Language: en

Find in a Library: 8297862

Find Online: OL11436946M

A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the…

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  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté (editor)
  • Author: Petrie, Lanette Landry (editor)
  • Author: Langellier, Kristin (editor)
  • Author: Slott, Kathryn (editor)

Date: 1995

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 34344246

A selection of women's writings - fiction, poetry, essay, journalism - that have appeared in the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's publication, "Le FAROG Forum." Le Forum is a periodical dedicated to issues related to the Franco American…

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  • Author: Cole, Donald

Date: 2002 (1963)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 475026

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A history of the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a site of mass industrialization, diverse immigration, and unique dynamics of class and ethnicity around the turn of the 20th century. From UNC Press: "The violence and radicalism connected with…

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  • Author: BrieÌ€re, Eloise

Date: 1986

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 34578272

French heritage travel and resource guide to New York state, divided by region and described by town and city. From the foreword to the text: "Continuing the tradition begun in the 17th century, French and Canadian ties flourish in New York which…

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  • Author: Scontras, Charles A.

Date: 1994

Language: en

Find in a Library: 31188167

A restorative history of the birth and early life of organized labor in Maine in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the rise of the industrial period. From the preface: "The history of organized labor in Maine has been ignored by the State's…

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  • Author: Thériault, J.R.T.

Date: 2009

Language: Bilingual/bilingue

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From the author: "The book is a biography of Charles Theriault, first francophone settler in 1821-1823 of the lower Madawaska River in present-day St-Jacques. The book presents a brief history of the Acadian migration before the time of…

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  • Author: Fairfield, Roy P.

Date: 1956 (2003)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3085526

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A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding…

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  • Author: Pelletier, Martine A.

Date: 1981

Language: en

Find in a Library: 726513498

A brief history, collection of historical letters, poems, photos, and other works compiled in a celebration of the town of Van Buren, Maine's centennial. From the editor: "Each and everyone of us has a dream. This is a story about a group of people…

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  • Author: LeVasseur, Frances Dumond (editor)

Date: 1974

Language: en

Find in a Library: 52833122 (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, University of Maine, Orono, Maine)

A descriptive catalog of the towns of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. Includes geographic positioning, demographic information for each incorporated place, and the names and occupations of public officials. Also includes a time line of facts…

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  • Author: Le Jeune, R.P.L.

Date: 1990 (1918)

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 144748841 (peut être lu au Centre Franco-Américain, Université du Maine, Orono, Maine)

Une brève histoire de l'Acadie entre 1412 et 1800 (entre colonisation, le Grand Dérangement, et repopulation). Certaines descriptions d'événements significatives dans la courte durée de vie des premières communatés Acadiennes de…

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