American Guides: The Federal Writers' Project and the Casting of American Culture
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In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate--and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements alike. With an eye to this market and as a response to devastating unemployment, Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration created the Federal Writers' Project. The Project's mission was simple: jobs. But, as Wendy Griswold shows in the lively and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:022635783X
ISBN13:9780226357836
Release Date:August 2016
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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