Urban Farming in the West: A New Deal Experiment in Subsistence Homesteads - Carriker, Robert
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From 1933 to 1935, the federal government's Division of Subsistence Homesteads created thirty-four New Deal communities that sought to provide a healthier and more economically secure life for disadvantaged Americans. This examines for the first time the intricate histories of these subsistence homestead projects, which have long been buried in bureaucratic records and clouded by misunderstanding, showing that they were among the agency's most successful efforts.

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From 1933 to 1935, the federal government's Division of Subsistence Homesteads created thirty-four New Deal communities that sought to provide a healthier and more economically secure life for disadvantaged Americans. This examines for the first time the intricate histories of these subsistence homestead projects, which have long been buried in bureaucratic records and clouded by misunderstanding, showing that they were among the agency's most successful efforts.
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Robert Carriker is head of the History and Geography Department and director of Public History Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.