Description:
Explores the history of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, originally known as Westmoreland Homesteads, which was founded in 1934 as part of the New Deal homestead subsistence program.
Brief description: Timothy Kelly is Professor of History at St. Vincent College. His most recent book is The Transformation of American Catholicism.
Review Quotes:
"The story of Norvelt reinforces the ways race and class are intricately bound together in American policy. . . . It's a piece of history worth recovering."
--Margaret Garb In These Times