The Electric City: Refugee Resettlement in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Nestled in the Lackawanna River Valley of northeastern Pennsylvania, Scranton has historically been an attractive place for new immigrants thanks to its once vibrant industries. Known colloquially as the Electric City, Scranton fell into hard times following the Second World War, when it was robbed of its important anthracite coal mining and railroad industries. Since […]

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