| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Summary |
"In 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer reveals the sometimes surprising ways that this small New England town engaged with the wider world across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Townspeople fought and died in distant wars, transformed the economy and landscape with quarries and mills, and used railroads, highways, print, and new technologies to forge connections with the rest of the nation. Here and Everywhere Else starts with Monson's incorporation in the early nineteenth century, when central Maine was considered the northern frontier and over 90 percent of Americans still lived in rural areas; it ends with present-day attempts to revive this declining Maine town into an artists' colony. Engagingly written, with colorful portraits of local characters and landmarks, this study illustrates how the residents of this remote place have remade their town by integrating (and resisting) external influences"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 29, 2022) |
| Subject |
Country life -- Maine -- Monson -- History
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Country life -- United States -- History
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Local history.
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local history (discipline)
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HISTORY -- General.
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Country life.
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Economic history.
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Local history.
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Rural conditions.
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Monson (Me.) -- History
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United States -- Rural conditions.
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Piscataquis County (Me.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Maine -- Monson.
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Maine -- Piscataquis County.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021054479 |
| ISBN |
9781613769447 |
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161376944X |
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9781613769430 |
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1613769431 |
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