Maine: The Pine Tree State from Prehistory to the Present (Judd, Churchill, and Eastman)
Chapter 22: Maine Out of the Mainstream, 1945-1965
In this chapter, Dr. Richard H. Condon focuses on the 20-year period after World War II in Maine. Specifically, he writes about how the Maine economy grew at a slower rate than the national economy, the state's population growth lagged, and its wage levels and funding for social services also were lower than the national average.
In the closing pages of the chapter, Condon profiles Edmund Muskie as a Waterville-based lawyer who led the revitalization of the Maine Democratic Party in the 1950s before going on to a prominent political career at the national level.
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