Hope in hard times: Norvelt and the struggle for community during the Great Depression

The world of coal mining, coking, and patch communities in southwestern Pennsylvania, 1880-1920 -- The crisis : the Great Depression in the nation and Westmoreland County -- The response : the New Deal and the subsistence homestead program -- The great experiment : the cooperative ethos and communit...

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Hauptverfasser: Kelly, Timothy I. 1960- (VerfasserIn), Power, Margaret 1953- (VerfasserIn), Cary, Michael 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:The world of coal mining, coking, and patch communities in southwestern Pennsylvania, 1880-1920 -- The crisis : the Great Depression in the nation and Westmoreland County -- The response : the New Deal and the subsistence homestead program -- The great experiment : the cooperative ethos and community building -- Challenges to the cooperative ethos -- Becoming Norvelt : the triumph of the middle way -- Living in Norvelt : domestic architecture -- Norvelt today : the evolution of a new deal community -- Conclusion : did Norvelt succeed?
"Explores the history of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, originally known as Westmoreland Homesteads, which was founded in 1934 as part of the New Deal homestead subsistence program"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index
Beschreibung:xi, 262 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 26 cm
ISBN:9780271074672
9780271074665

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