UID:
almafu_9959797760702883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 262 pages :)
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illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:
0-271-07806-5
Content:
"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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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?.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-271-07466-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9780271078069
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