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        XII. Penderlea Homesteads Something Less than a Rural Paradise
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        Paul K. Conkin
        
 
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
 - Acknowledgments VI
 - Contents VIII
 - Illustrations X
 - Introduction 1
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                            Part One: Of Men And Their Ideas
 - I. The Land Our Refuge and Our Strength 11
 - II. Bringing the Town to the Country 37
 - III. Bringing the Country to the Town 59
 - IV. From Acorn to Oak 73
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                            Part Two: Of Bureaus And Bureaucrats
 - V. The Subsistence Homesteads Program 93
 - VI. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration Communities 131
 - VII. America Resettled 146
 - VIII. The Community As A Locale For A New Society 186
 - IX. The Old Society Reasserts Its Claims 214
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                            Part Three: Of Individual Communities
 - X. Arthurdale An Experimental Community 237
 - XI. Jersey Homesteads A Triple Co-operative 256
 - XII. Penderlea Homesteads Something Less than a Rural Paradise 277
 - XIII. Granger Homesteads An Escape from Modernity 294
 - XIV. The Greenbelt Towns 305
 - In Retrospect 326
 - Appendix 332
 - Bibliographical Note 338
 - Index 341
 
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
 - Acknowledgments VI
 - Contents VIII
 - Illustrations X
 - Introduction 1
 - 
                            Part One: Of Men And Their Ideas
 - I. The Land Our Refuge and Our Strength 11
 - II. Bringing the Town to the Country 37
 - III. Bringing the Country to the Town 59
 - IV. From Acorn to Oak 73
 - 
                            Part Two: Of Bureaus And Bureaucrats
 - V. The Subsistence Homesteads Program 93
 - VI. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration Communities 131
 - VII. America Resettled 146
 - VIII. The Community As A Locale For A New Society 186
 - IX. The Old Society Reasserts Its Claims 214
 - 
                            Part Three: Of Individual Communities
 - X. Arthurdale An Experimental Community 237
 - XI. Jersey Homesteads A Triple Co-operative 256
 - XII. Penderlea Homesteads Something Less than a Rural Paradise 277
 - XIII. Granger Homesteads An Escape from Modernity 294
 - XIV. The Greenbelt Towns 305
 - In Retrospect 326
 - Appendix 332
 - Bibliographical Note 338
 - Index 341