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1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Summary |
"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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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? |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History.
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Norvelt (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- History.
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Planned communities -- Pennsylvania -- Norvelt -- History.
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Planned communities. |
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Pennsylvania -- Norvelt. |
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History. |
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New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Pennsylvania -- Norvelt.
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New Deal, 1933-1939. |
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County.
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Depressions. |
Chronological Term |
1929 |
Subject |
Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County. |
Chronological Term |
1929-1939 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Power, Margaret, 1953- author.
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Cary, Michael D., 1950- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Kelly, Timothy, 1960- Hope in hard times. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016] 9780271074665 (DLC) 2015050848 (OCoLC)929123095 |
ISBN |
9780271078069 (electronic book) |
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0271078065 (electronic book) |
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9780271074665 |
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0271074663 |
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