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At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, seems to have little to do with foreign relations. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. In this study, Henry W. Berger analyses St. Louis's imperial engagement from its founding in 1764 to the present day.
Collects more than four hundred rarely seen or previously unpublished photographs taken between 1935 and 1943 by the Farm Security Administration, depicting such subjects as dispossessed rural society, large cities, and small towns throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. 10,000 first printing.
The Great Depression in Literature for Youth by Rebecca L. Berg Pdf
No area of the United States was untouched by the Great Depression, but the severity in which people experienced those significant years depended in large part on where in the nation they lived. While dust choked the life out of Americans in the plains, apples grew in abundance in the Northwest. Unemployment-driven poverty robbed urban dwellers of hearth and home, while Upper-plains farm women traded eggs and chickens like money. This bibliography describes the youth literature and relevant resources written about the Great Depression, all categorized by geographical location. Students, educators, historians, and writers can use this book to find literature specific to their state or region, gaining a greater understanding of what the Great Depression was like in their locale. The Great Depression was a pivotal period in our nation's history. This annotated bibliography guides readers to biographies; oral histories, memoirs, and recollections; photograph collections; fiction and nonfiction books; picture books; international resources; and other reference sources. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) state guides are included, as well as literature about the federal theater, arts, and music projects. A comprehensive listing of museums and state historical societies complement this reference. For readers interested in learning about the Great Depression, this is a must-have resource.
For this remarkable volume, Mora and Brannan immersed themselves in the vast archive at the Library of Congress and emerged with unknown treasures. Theirs is a new view of the achievement of the FSA photographers--the most comprehensive in print--that gives them their due as the creators of a new American photographic vision.
University of Missouri Press by Melvin D. George Pdf
"Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of Missouri Press in 1958 by William Peden. Explores the importance of university presses to the dissemination of scholarship and looks to the future of book publishing. Includes lists of books in print and out of print as of 2008"--Provided by publisher.
Portraits of Conflict by William Garrett Piston,Thomas P. Sweeney Pdf
"This volume ... includes hundreds of photographs, many of them never before published. The authors provide text and commentary, organizing the photographs into chapters covering the origins of war, its conventional and guerrilla phases, the war on the rivers, medicine ... the experiences of Missourians who served out of state, and the process of reunion in the postwar years"--Fly leaf.