Hoovervilles

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf shantytown
gptkbp:associatedWith Great Depression
gptkbp:built 1930s
scrap materials
gptkbp:characterizedBy poor living conditions
gptkbp:hasCitations protests
homelessness
the Dust Bowl
gptkbp:hasPopulation unemployed individuals
gptkbp:highlights inequality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hoovervilles
gptkbp:influenced public policy
gptkbp:inspiration literature
gptkbp:is_featured_in makeshift shelters
gptkbp:is_used_in urban areas
evictions
community kitchens
tent cities
gptkbp:isChallengedBy local governments
activists
migrants
gptkbp:isCitedIn criticism of government response
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor lack of sanitation
gptkbp:isDescribedAs makeshift communities
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical records
photographers
social scientists
gptkbp:isEnhancedBy government authorities
displaced families
those_affected_by_the_Great_Depression
gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy journalists.
gptkbp:isFoundIn gptkb:California
gptkb:United_States
cities_like_Seattle
gptkbp:isIncorporatedIn photographic essays
response to unemployment
gptkbp:isKnownFor temporary solutions
gptkbp:isLocatedIn parks
cities_across_America
gptkbp:isLocatedNear railroads
industrial areas
factories and job sites
gptkbp:isOftenMadeWith the struggle for survival
protests against poverty
the homeless population
the unemployed workforce
gptkbp:isPartOf the urban landscape
the New Deal context
American_history
gptkbp:isPortrayedBy newspapers
gptkbp:isRegardedAs gptkb:Hoovervilles
permanent settlements
gptkbp:isUsedIn temporary encampments
a symbol of despair
a failure of government
gptkbp:ledTo social movements
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:reduces gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sparked community organizing efforts
gptkbp:symbolizes economic hardship
gptkbp:wasAffecting economic crisis
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn various cities
economic downturns
public land
response to economic hardship