| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
The damnedest cesspool of human misery -- The angel of Arthurdale arrives -- The definition of insanity -- We lucky few -- Spending money like drunken sailors -- Epilogue to the victor, the spoils |
| Summary |
How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia. Today, the U.S. government is again moving to embrace New Deal-like economic policies. While much has been written about the New Deal from a macro perspective, little has been written about how New Deal programs played out on the ground. In Back to the Land, author CJ Maloney tells the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a "pet project" of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) "a human experiment station", she was to create a "N |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-284) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West Virginia -- Arthurdale.
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Land settlement -- West Virginia -- Arthurdale.
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New Deal, 1933-1939.
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Subsistence farming -- West Virginia -- Arthurdale.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1118023536 (electronic bk.) |
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1118023579 (electronic bk.) |
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1283026791 |
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9781118023532 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118023570 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283026796 |
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