Aug 01, 2023

Lisle Publishes Essay on Urban Renewal in Waterville

cover of The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal

Assistant Professor Ben Lisle contributed a chapter to The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal: New Perspectives on the Housing Act of 1949, published in July 2023 by Temple University Press. “Modernizing the Mill Town: Space, Power, and Urban Renewal in Waterville, Maine” examines the use of urban renewal to convert historic downtown Waterville into a space resembling a modern shopping mall, expelling many working-class French Canadian and Lebanese mill workers from their homes in the process.