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a living legacy of the New Deal

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An edition of Greenbelt, Maryland (2001)

Greenbelt, Maryland

a living legacy of the New Deal

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"Built in the 1930s on worn-out tobacco land between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was designed to provide homes for low-income families as well as jobs for its builders. In keeping with the spirit of the New Deal, the physical design of the town contributed to cooperation among its residents, and the government further encouraged cooperation by helping residents form business cooperatives and social organizations.".

"In Greenbelt, Maryland, Cathy D. Knepper offers the first comprehensive look at this important social experiment. Knepper describes the origins of Greenbelt, the ideology of its founders, and their struggle to create a cooperative planned community in the capitalist United States.

She tells how the town, saved at one point by the intervention of Eleanor Roosevelt, struggled through the McCarthy years, when it was branded "socialistic" and even "communistic." In conclusion, she provides a timely analysis of those qualities that not only helped the town survive but also served as the model for currents in urban development that have once again come into vogue in such movements as the new urbanism and traditional neighborhood development."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
275

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Greenbelt, Maryland: a living legacy of the New Deal
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. xi
Introduction. xiii
Maps of Greenbelt. 3
I / Greenbelt's Founding
1. Building a Planned Community Page 13 2. Creating a Cooperative Community Page 40
II / Change and Continuity
3. The War Years Page 61 4. The Government versus Greenbelt Page 79
III / Threats to Greenbelt's Plan and Cooperation
5. Developers versus Greenbelt Page 121 6. Overcoming Difficulties in Cooperation Page 161
IV / A Town for the Ages
7. The Persistence of the Greenbelt Idea Page 181 8. Greenbelt Today and Tomorrow Page 209
Appendix. 243
Notes. 245
Bibliographical Essay. 261
Index. 267

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-264) and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia and Santa Fe, New Mexico"--[Prelim. p. iii].

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Baltimore (Md.)
Series
Creating the North American Landscape
Genre
Case studies.
Copyright Date
2001

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.2/51
Library of Congress
F189.G7 K58 2001, F189.G7K58 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvii, 275 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Number of pages
275
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6776113M
Internet Archive
greenbeltmarylan0000knep
ISBN 10
0801864909
ISBN 13
9780801864902
LCCN
00008850
OCLC/WorldCat
46670572
Google
YRvfDQFa4d0C
Library Thing
5814530
Goodreads
2209836

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