E-book
Hope in hard times : Norvelt and the struggle for community during the Great Depression
Record details
- ISBN: 9780271074665
- ISBN: 0271074663
- ISBN: 9780271078069
- ISBN: 0271078065
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Physical Description:
1 online resource.
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Computer data. - Publisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:march.21 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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? |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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