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Acknowledgments ix -- Introduction xi -- Ch. 1 Suburbs and New Towns before the New Deal 3 -- Ch. 2 Origins of the Suburban Resettlement Program 24 -- Ch. 3 Conflicts in the Formation of the Greenbelt Town Program 36 -- Ch. 4 Land Acquisition 54 -- Ch. 5 Planning of the Greenbelt Towns 83 -- Ch. 6 Unemployment Relief : Construction of the Towns 110 -- Ch. 7 The Decision to Retain Federal Ownership 124 -- Ch. 8 Tenant Selection 136 -- Ch. 9 Federal Management 148 -- Ch. 10 Building a Democratic and Cooperative Community 162 -- Ch. 11 New Frontier or Federal Menace 191 -- Ch. 12 The War Years 218 -- Ch. 13 Greenbelt Towns for Sale, 1945-1954 229 -- Conclusion 243 -- Bibliography 247 -- Index 265