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Paul K. Conkin
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