Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression
Author:   Timothy Kelly (Saint Vincent College) ,  Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology) ,  Michael Cary (Seton Hill University)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
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9780271074665


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 June 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression


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Author:   Timothy Kelly (Saint Vincent College) ,  Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology) ,  Michael Cary (Seton Hill University)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780271074665


ISBN 10:   0271074663
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The World of Coal Mining, Coking, and Patch Communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1880–1920 2 The Crisis: The Great Depression in the Nation and Westmoreland County 3 The Response: The New Deal and the Subsistence Homestead Program 4 The Great Experiment: The Cooperative Ethos and Community Building 5 Challenges to the Cooperative Ethos 6 Becoming Norvelt: The Triumph of the Middle Way 7 Living in Norvelt: Domestic Architecture 8 Norvelt Today: The Evolution of a New Deal Community Conclusion: Did Norvelt Succeed? Appendix: List of Interviewees Notes Bibliography Index

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A fine and insightful study. --P. D. Travis, Choice


The dichotomy separating praise for and criticism against the local village, and its ultimate worth, comes to life in <em>Hope in Hard Times</em>. </p>--A. J. Panian, <em>Mount Pleasant Journal</em></p>


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Timothy Kelly is Professor of History at St. Vincent College. His most recent book is The Transformation of American Catholicism. Margaret Power is Professor of History at Illinois Institute of Technology. She is the coeditor of New Perspectives on the Transnational Right and author of Right-Wing Women in Chile, the latter also published by Penn State University Press. Michael Cary is Professor of History and Political Science at Seton Hill University and the author of This American Courthouse.

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