Tomorrow a New World: the New Deal Community Program
by Conkin, Paul Keith
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Ithaca, N.Y.: Published for the American Historical Association [by] Cornell University Press, 1959. First ed. Hardcover. Edges lighlty foxed; else fine in very good price-clipped, sparsely foxed jacket with a few small tears and a small puncture to jacket front joint.. Small quarto in dark blue ribbed cloth and pale grey-blue illus jacket; ix, 350 pages maps (3 folded) 24 cm; bibliographical footnotes and index. Contents: Introduction -- The Land-Our Refuge and Our Strength -- Bringing the Town to the Country -- Bringing the Country to the Town -- From Acorn to Oak -- The Subsistence Homesteads Program -- The Federal Emergency Relief Administration Communities -- America Resettled -- The Community as a Locale for a New Society -- The Old Society Reasseits Its Claims -- Arthurdale-An Experimental Community -- Jersey Homesteads-A Triple Co-operative -- Penderlea Homesteads-Something Less than a Rural Paradise -- Granger Homesteads-An Escape from Modernity -- The Greenbelt Towns -- In Retrospect -- Appendix -- Bibliographical Note -- Index Rural development -- United States. Social change. Rural development. Social change. United States. Farm Security Administration. United States. Farm Security Administration.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- Tomorrow a New World: the New Deal Community Program
- Author
- Conkin, Paul Keith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges lighlty foxed; else fine in very good price-clipped, sparsely foxed jacket with a few small tears and a small puncture to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First ed
- Publisher
- Published for the American Historical Association [by] Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1959
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