Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression
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"Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression" is a historical study that examines how the planned New Deal community of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, sought to foster social solidarity, economic security, and democratic participation amid the hardships of the 1930s.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression Context triple: [Margaret Power, hasWritten, Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression]
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America’s Great Depression
America’s Great Depression is an influential economic history book by Murray Rothbard that analyzes the causes and policies surrounding the Great Depression from an Austrian School perspective.
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Essays on the Great Depression
Essays on the Great Depression is an influential collection of academic papers by economist Ben Bernanke analyzing the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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"Essays on the Great Depression"
"Essays on the Great Depression" is an influential collection of economic analyses by Gregory Mankiw examining the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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The Coming of the New Deal
The Coming of the New Deal is the second volume of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.’s influential historical trilogy on Franklin D. Roosevelt, chronicling the implementation and impact of New Deal reforms during the 1930s.
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E.
The New Deal: The Progressive Achievement
"The New Deal: The Progressive Achievement" is a historical and analytical work by economist and New Deal planner Rexford G. Tugwell that defends and interprets Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reforms as a major step in progressive governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression Target entity description: "Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression" is a historical study that examines how the planned New Deal community of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, sought to foster social solidarity, economic security, and democratic participation amid the hardships of the 1930s.
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A.
America’s Great Depression
America’s Great Depression is an influential economic history book by Murray Rothbard that analyzes the causes and policies surrounding the Great Depression from an Austrian School perspective.
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B.
Essays on the Great Depression
Essays on the Great Depression is an influential collection of academic papers by economist Ben Bernanke analyzing the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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C.
"Essays on the Great Depression"
"Essays on the Great Depression" is an influential collection of economic analyses by Gregory Mankiw examining the causes, dynamics, and policy lessons of the Great Depression.
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D.
The Coming of the New Deal
The Coming of the New Deal is the second volume of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.’s influential historical trilogy on Franklin D. Roosevelt, chronicling the implementation and impact of New Deal reforms during the 1930s.
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E.
The New Deal: The Progressive Achievement
"The New Deal: The Progressive Achievement" is a historical and analytical work by economist and New Deal planner Rexford G. Tugwell that defends and interprets Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reforms as a major step in progressive governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| addresses |
hardships of the 1930s
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housing insecurity ⓘ poverty and unemployment ⓘ |
| analyzes |
federal-local collaboration in community planning
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social and economic experiments of the New Deal ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documents | everyday life in a New Deal homestead community ⓘ |
| examines |
community responses to economic crisis
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experiments in cooperative living ⓘ grassroots democracy in Norvelt ⓘ how New Deal policies shaped local communities ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
New Deal
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democratic participation ⓘ economic security ⓘ planned community ⓘ social solidarity ⓘ |
| genre | historical non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Norvelt homestead community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Great Depression in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Great Depression
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Norvelt, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perspective | historical ⓘ |
| placeOfSubject | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in community studies
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scholars of the New Deal ⓘ students of U.S. history ⓘ |
| theme |
collective action in times of crisis
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community building during economic hardship ⓘ democratic participation at the local level ⓘ role of the state in local development ⓘ social welfare and security ⓘ |
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Margaret Power
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Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community During the Great Depression
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