Author: Joseph Maresca
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764352119
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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In a fully illustrated, well-documented study, a historically underappreciated, uniquely American style gets its due. This survey explores the often overlooked social impact of imposing government buildings in American cities, large and small, that were funded by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. It was The New Deal's attempt to restore America's self-confidence during the Great Depression. Art Deco and modernism morphed into a style that broadcast the idea of the "New" and inspired civic confidence, as represented in structures such as the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, and the Solomon Courthouse in Nashville. Eventually labeled WPA Moderne, this all-American streamlined Classicism became the public face of an era defined by progress and a sense of security. An extensive chapter on the murals within these structures features elaborate, government-commissioned paintings depicting epochal events in US history and American citizens laboring tirelessly in hopes of a better, brighter future.
Author: United States. Work Projects Administration
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Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Author: United States. Federal Works Agency
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Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Author: United States. Work Projects Administration
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Author: United States. Work Projects Administration
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Author: United States. Work Projects Administration. State of Washington
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Author: Nick Taylor
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553381326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 673
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Seventy-five years after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, here for the first time is the remarkable story of one of its enduring cornerstones, the Works Progress Administration (WPA): its passionate believers, its furious critics, and its amazing accomplishments. The WPA is American history that could not be more current, from providing economic stimulus to renewing a broken infrastructure. Introduced in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression, when unemployment and desperation ruled the land, this controversial nationwide jobs program would forever change the physical landscape and social policies of the United States. The WPA lasted eight years, spent $11 billion, employed 8½ million men and women, and gave the country not only a renewed spirit but a fresh face. Now this fascinating and informative book chronicles the WPA from its tumultuous beginnings to its lasting presence, and gives us cues for future action.
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Pantheon
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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This tour guide for time travelers offers New York lovers and 1930s buffs an endlessly fascinating look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books ever written about the city. Photos. Maps.
Author: Jason Scott Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521828055
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Providing the first historical study of New Deal public works programs and their role in transforming the American economy, landscape, and political system during the twentieth century. Reconstructing the story of how reformers used public authority to reshape the nation, Jason Scott Smith argues that the New Deal produced a revolution in state-sponsored economic development. The scale and scope of this dramatic federal investment in infrastructure laid crucial foundations - sometimes literally - for postwar growth, presaging the national highways and the military-industrial complex. This impressive and exhaustively researched analysis underscores the importance of the New Deal in comprehending political and economic change in modern America by placing political economy at the center of the 'new political history'. Drawing on a remarkable range of sources, Smith provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the relationship between the New Deal's welfare state and American liberalism.
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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