The Unlikeliness of it All
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ISBN13:9781736950517
出版社:Bookbaby
作者:Phil Nadeau
出版日:2021/04/14
裝訂:精裝
規格:22.9cm*15.2cm*3.7cm (高/寬/厚)
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A Native Insider's Detailed Look Into The Unlikely History of Lewiston, Maine
An engaging and insightful deep dive into the history of Lewiston Maine, The Unlikeliness of it All is written by native insider Phil Nadeau, a city official of almost two decades. Nadeau offers unique insight into the complex immigrant, political, socio-economic, and immigrant landscape that influenced how the city was formed, and how it responded to the arrival of Somali refugees in 2001 and 2002.
Nadeau's narrative history explains how 150 years of immigration has influenced the city's economic, social, and political trajectory. Lewiston and "twin city" Auburn made up a community where 70 percent of all early 20th century jobs were tied to local textile and shoe manufacturing industries, and created the state's largest economy. Over time, many immigrants and the city's predominantly French Canadian community worked through cultural, political and religious discrimination to improve their lives while also confronting the reality of declining textile and shoe production in the 1950s.
After almost 50 years, many of the sons, daughters and grandchildren of these first immigrants helped to transform the community through their collaborative and dogged determination to create a far more diversified local economy just as the first Somali refugees arrived in 2001. With the economic renaissance underway, the growing Somali population and how the city responded became a national and international news story that made global headlines. Nadeau uncovers little known and new information regarding notable historic moments, facts, people and explains how the city's "global singularity" began with a world championship fight and why the eyes of the world remained fixated on this small Maine town's new Somali residents, a mayor's letter, and a rally against hate that drew over 4,000 people.
At once both prescient toward the shifting modern landscape and thoughtful in the careful collection of historical details, this book includes information regarding:
- French Canadian Immigration
- Lewiston Immigrant History
- Lewiston Franco Americans
- Somali Refugees
- Secondary Migration Influences
- Maine's First Refugee Resettlement
- Lewiston Mill and Industrial History
- Lewiston Economic Development History
- Lewiston Political History
- Mayor Larry Raymond's Letter
- White Supremacist Organizations History
- The Many and One Rally
- Community Engagement
- Municipal, State and Federal Collaboration
Nadeau was featured in the Dominic Pulera book Sharing the Dream and has been interviewed by authors Elizabeth Strout, Cynthia Anderson, Amy Bass and by Heather McGhee for her new book "The Sum of Us." He also has been interviewed by the national and international news media; has spoken nationally; has been published by the Southern Maine Review and the National Civic League; and was a contributing essayist in the book "Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents."
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