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The Politics and Civics of National Service : Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps /
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet despite its success, the CCC was short lived. |
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| Notas: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815723813 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |