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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Taylor, Nick, 1945- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bantam Book 2008
Materias:
Creación de empleo (Programas gubernamentales) > Estados Unidos
Creación de empleo > Estados Unidos > Historia > s. XX.
Acceso en línea:Sumario
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In extremis
  • Hope on the rise
  • The dawn of the WPA
  • Folly and triumph
  • The arts programs
  • The phantom of recovery
  • The WPA under attack
  • WPA: War Preparation Agency
  • The legacy of the WPA
  • Glossary.

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