American made: the enduring legacy of the WPA ; when FDR put the nation to work

When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933, he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the Great Depression, 13 million American workers were jobless. What people wanted were jobs, not handouts, and in 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a permanent nationwide j...

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1. Verfasser: Taylor, Nick 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, N.Y. Bantam Books 2008
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Zusammenfassung:When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933, he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the Great Depression, 13 million American workers were jobless. What people wanted were jobs, not handouts, and in 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a permanent nationwide jobs program was created--the Works Progress Administration, which would forever change the physical landscape and the social policies of the United States. The WPA lasted for eight years, spent
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 630 S., [16] Bl. Ill.
ISBN:9780553802351

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