From Colony to Class : The Changing Consciousness of Franco-American Textile Workers in Waterville, Maine, 1934-1954

From Colony to Class : The Changing Consciousness of Franco-American Textile Workers in Waterville, Maine, 1934-1954

Thesis examining the textile workers of Waterville, Maine during the New Deal Era. Descriptions of an observable transition in the Franco American community from an ethnicity-based cohesion to a consciousness and way of life organized by class. An attempt to situate the origins of assimilation and social disintegration of the Franco American communities in the early 20th century. A labor history of the Waterville, Maine area in the early 20th century. The changes in Waterville's workers' attitudes toward organized labor, especially following the 1934 general strike along the American East Coast. The development of class identity as seen in Waterville worker demonstrations in the later 1930s.

LaFlamme, Matthew R.

1994-12-00

en

Thesis/Dissertation

1934-1954; Waterville, Maine

101

Orono, Maine

M.A., History

University of Maine at Orono

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