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14. Norvelt & Westmoreland County (feat. Margaret Power)
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Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. We are joined this week by Dr. Margaret Power, professor of history at the Illinois Institute of Technology. A Latin Americanist by trade, Dr. Power co-authored a book in 2016 about her hometown. The New Deal community of Norvelt is today typical of rural Pennsylvania. Its citizens are the descendants of union members and Democrats who bought homes from the government purpose built for subsidization and intergenerational inheritance, but since 2008 Westmoreland County has been reliable Republican territory. We discuss the cause of this contradiction and its broader applicability on this week's episode. Margaret will be back on the pod next week to talk about the anniversary of the September 11th, 1973 coup d'etats in Chile. Her research there centers on the right wing women's movement that supported the military government. Mike and Austin also do the news on this week's episode, if you're into that kind of thing.
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