Porte Ouverte sur Les Vieilles Societes et les Nouveaux Groupements/The Old Societies and the New Groups...Survivance to Maintenance

Can DescriptionsReflets et Lumiere II, dated 2/22/82: Visits with traditional groups in the Augusta and Lewiston areas to discuss why they were created in the 1900s and if their goals have changed for the 1980s. Looks at the new local, regional and national organizations to compare and contrast their reasons for being. Professor James Gallagher, a University of Maine sociologist, discusses the reasons why ethnic groups form closed social clubs and the new reality of the 1980s. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.