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To the city : urban photographs of the New Deal /
In the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too. To the City showcas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too. To the City showcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and dimensions of that transformation. This artfully grouped collection of photographs includes magnificent. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 128 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781592139996 159213999X |