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Download or read book The WPA written by Sandra Opdycke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most ambitious federal jobs programs ever created in the U.S. At its peak, the program provided work for almost 3.5 million Americans, employing more than 8 million people across its eight-year history in projects ranging from constructing public buildings and roads to collecting oral histories and painting murals. The story of the WPA provides a perfect entry point into the history of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the early years of World War II, while its example remains relevant today as the debate over government's role in the economy continues. In this concise narrative, supplemented by primary documents and an engaging companion website, Sandra Opdycke explains the national crisis from which the WPA emerged, traces the program's history, and explores what it tells us about American society in the 1930s and 1940s. Covering central themes including the politics, race, class, gender, and the coming of World War II, The WPA: Creating Jobs During the Great Depression introduces readers to a key period of crisis and change in U.S. history.
Book Synopsis Violins & Shovels by : Milton Meltzer
Download or read book Violins & Shovels written by Milton Meltzer and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines art projects run during the 1930's which were funded by the Work Projects Administration.
Book Synopsis The WPA Guide to Montana by : Federal Writers' Project
Download or read book The WPA Guide to Montana written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. Montana, one of the Great Plains states, is finely portrayed in its WPA guide. Originally published in 1939, the spirit of the Wild West shines throughout this guide to the Treasure State. During this time period, the population of Montana was rural and cities small, with most of the economy tied to the land, mining, or cattle. With 10 hiking trails outlined for Glacier National Park alone and 18 driving tours throughout the state, this book is an excellent resource for history and nature buffs alike.
Download or read book American-Made written by Nick Taylor and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-five years after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, here for the first time is the remarkable story of one of its enduring cornerstones, the Works Progress Administration (WPA): its passionate believers, its furious critics, and its amazing accomplishments. The WPA is American history that could not be more current, from providing economic stimulus to renewing a broken infrastructure. Introduced in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression, when unemployment and desperation ruled the land, this controversial nationwide jobs program would forever change the physical landscape and social policies of the United States. The WPA lasted eight years, spent $11 billion, employed 8½ million men and women, and gave the country not only a renewed spirit but a fresh face. Now this fascinating and informative book chronicles the WPA from its tumultuous beginnings to its lasting presence, and gives us cues for future action.
Book Synopsis Report on Progress of the WPA Program by : United States. Work Projects Administration
Download or read book Report on Progress of the WPA Program written by United States. Work Projects Administration and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The WPA Guides written by Christine Bold and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1935 the FDR administration put 40,000 unemployed artists to work in four federal arts projects. The main contribution of one unit, the Federal Writers Project, was the American Guide Series, a collectively composed set of guidebooks to every state, most regions, and many cities, towns, and villages across the United States. The WPA arts projects were poised on the cusp of the modern bureaucratization of culture. They occurred at a moment when the federal government was extending its reach into citizens' daily lives. The 400 guidebooks the teams produced have been widely celebrated as icons of American democracy and diversity. Clumped together, they manifest a lofty role for the project and a heavy responsibility for its teams of writers. The guides assumed the authority of conceptualizing the national identity. In The WPA Guides: Mapping America Christine Bold closely examines this publicized view of the guides and reveals its flaws. Her research in archival materials reveals the negotiations and conflicts between the central editors in Washington and the local people in the states. Race, region, and gender are taken as important categories within which difference and conflict appear. She looks at the guidebook for each of five distinctively different locations -- Idaho, New York City, North Carolina, Missouri, and U.S. One and the Oregon Trail--to assess the editorial plotting of such issues as gender, race, ethnicity, and class. As regionalists jostled with federal officialdom, the faultlines of the project gaped open. Spotlighting the controversies between federal and state bureaucracies, Bold concludes that the image of America that the WPA fostered is closer to fabrication than to actuality. Christine Bold is director of the Centre for Cultural Studies and an associate professor of English at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.
Book Synopsis Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43 by : United States. Federal Works Agency
Download or read book Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43 written by United States. Federal Works Agency and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis WPA Projects by : United States. Work Projects Administration
Download or read book WPA Projects written by United States. Work Projects Administration and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43 by : United States. Federal Works Agency
Download or read book Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43 written by United States. Federal Works Agency and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1976 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Works Progress Administration. Special Tabulation Unit Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :132 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (243 download)
Book Synopsis WPA Projects Selected for Operation Through April 15, 1936 by : United States. Works Progress Administration. Special Tabulation Unit
Download or read book WPA Projects Selected for Operation Through April 15, 1936 written by United States. Works Progress Administration. Special Tabulation Unit and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Arizona, the Grand Canyon State by : Writers' Program (U.S.)
Download or read book Arizona, the Grand Canyon State written by Writers' Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis WPA Projects by : United States. Work Projects Administration
Download or read book WPA Projects written by United States. Work Projects Administration and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Assigned Occupations of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, November 1937 by : United States. Work Projects Administration
Download or read book Assigned Occupations of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, November 1937 written by United States. Work Projects Administration and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wpa Buildings written by Joseph Maresca and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fully illustrated, well-documented study, a historically underappreciated, uniquely American style gets its due. This survey explores the often overlooked social impact of imposing government buildings in American cities, large and small, that were funded by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. It was The New Deal's attempt to restore America's self-confidence during the Great Depression. Art Deco and modernism morphed into a style that broadcast the idea of the "New" and inspired civic confidence, as represented in structures such as the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, and the Solomon Courthouse in Nashville. Eventually labeled WPA Moderne, this all-American streamlined Classicism became the public face of an era defined by progress and a sense of security. An extensive chapter on the murals within these structures features elaborate, government-commissioned paintings depicting epochal events in US history and American citizens laboring tirelessly in hopes of a better, brighter future.
Book Synopsis North Carolina WPA by : United States. Work Projects Administration. North Carolina
Download or read book North Carolina WPA written by United States. Work Projects Administration. North Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Questions and Answers on the W.P.A. by : United States. Work Projects Administration
Download or read book Questions and Answers on the W.P.A. written by United States. Work Projects Administration and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The WPA Guide to New York City by : Federal Writers' Project
Download or read book The WPA Guide to New York City written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tour guide for time travelers offers New York lovers and 1930s buffs an endlessly fascinating look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books ever written about the city. Photos. Maps.
