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03691aam a2200457 i 4500 001 99F38236246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 130130s2013 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013001083 020 $a 0739181327 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780739181324 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)823011202 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MUU $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ORZ $d CDX $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HX653 $b .W48 2013 082 00 $a 335/.02097309043 $2 23 100 1 $a Whisenhunt, Donald W. 245 10 $a Utopian movements and ideas of the Great Depression : $b dreamers, believers, and madmen / $c Donald W. Whisenhunt. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Lexington Books, $c [2013] 300 $a vii, 185 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the 1930s, the United States was beset with an economic crisis more serious than anything that could have been imagined. It was so serious that it might even threaten the future of the nation. On the national level, all sorts of reforms and experiments were initiated and developed by the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt. Some people looking for change believed Roosevelt was going in the wrong direction. Others believed he was too timid in his reforms. Still others believed he had not broken free of the restraints placed on him by the financial interests of the country. Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression explores several lesser known movements for change and reform in the Great Depression Era of the 1930s. It includes studies of a few communal societies, proposals for reform, and analyses of several books written in the 1930s that propose solutions to the nation's economic ills. Arguably, America has been a Utopian experiment from its beginning; these movements and ideas of the 1930s were the latest manifestation of that experiment to that time. Though not well known, the people and events studied represent the thinking of some af the most articulate and driven Americans during the economic crisis. Despite their lack of obvious success, they represent an important American idea-- that an average person could devise solutions to society's problems. They embody the American belief in progress and the power of the individual."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The utopians -- The politician: Maury Maverick and the Diga Relief' Colony, 1932-1933 -- The priest: Father Cox: activist, community builder, politician -- The socialists: The Continental Congress of Workers and Farmers -- The editor: Henry C. McCowen, prairie radical -- The king: Ralph Elon Turton and the World Constitution -- The writers -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Utopias $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Utopian socialism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Intellectual life $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1918-1932. 650 7 $a Intellectual life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975769 650 7 $a Social conditions $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 650 7 $a Utopian socialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163356 650 7 $a Utopias. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163359 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106064338.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826072344.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=99F38236246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search