American Guides : The Federal Writers' Project and the Casting of American Culture /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griswold, Wendy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Federal Writers' Project - Influence.
Regionalism > Social aspects > United States.
Social change > United States.
HISTORY / General.
sociology, great depression, literacy, magazines, newspapers, unemployment, works progress administration, president roosevelt, fdr, federal writers project, jobs, employment, economics, economy, 20th century, us history, united states, cultural impact, american guides, travel writing, travelling, social change, politics, culture, federalism, diversity, bureaucratic logic, politically strategic decisions, regionalism, intellectual life, civilization.
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