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Author:

Hill, Jeff

Title:

The WPA--putting America to work / by Jeff Hill.

Publisher:

OmnigraphicsInc.,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Work Projects Administration--History--Juvenile literature.
Unemployment--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Manpower policy--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Public service employment--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
New Deal, 1933-1939--Juvenile literature.
Depressions--1929--United States--Juvenile literature.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A nation unemployed -- The first New deal work programs -- Formation of the Works Progress Administration -- WPA construction projects -- The WPA arts, service, women's, and youth programs -- The end of the WPA -- Legacy of the WPA.

Summary:

"Provides users with a detailed and authoritative overview of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the centerpiece of the New Deal programs put in place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to tame the Great Depression and get America back on its feet. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Defining moments

ISBN:

0780813316
9780780813311 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2013022479

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)