Greenbelt, Maryland: A Living Legacy of the New Deal
by: Cathy D. Knepper

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, Illustrated from black and white photographs, maps. An interesting history of Greenbelt, Maryland including the origins of Greenbelt, the ideology of its founders, and their struggle to create a cooperative planned community in the United States. Built in the 1930s on worn-out tobacco land between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland, was designed to provide homes for low-income families as well as jobs for its builders. In keeping with the spirit of the New Deal, the physical design of the town contributed to cooperation among its residents, and the government further encouraged cooperation by helping residents form business cooperatives and social organizations.Part of the *Creating the North American Landscape* series. Clean copy.