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Author : Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 0403021502
Author : Writers' program (Massachusetts).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:492279399
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9997417860
Author : Federal Writers' Project of the Works
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1021953229
Discover the rich history and cultural attractions of Massachusetts with this comprehensive guidebook. Includes information on landmarks, museums, outdoor activities, and more. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623760205
written and compiled by the Federal writers' project of the Works progress administration for the state of Massachusetts.
Author : George M. Nutting
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0656092882
Excerpt from Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People Henry G. Alsberg. Is in the Division of'wbmen's and Professional Projects under Ellen S. Woodward, Assistant Administrator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John D. Bennett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786490783
Despite the plethora of books about the Civil War, the origins of many of the placenames associated with the conflict remain a mystery. This gazetteer provides information on nearly 1600 sites, including not only locations of battles and skirmishes but also hospitals, prison camps, military academies, factories and navy yards, both North and South. Also listed are islands, rivers, creeks, fords, ferries and railroad stations, as well as many temporary fort and camp names. From Abbeville, Georgia, where Jefferson Davis stopped in May 1865 days before his capture near Irwinville, to Yorktown, Virginia, which was besieged by General George B. McClellan at the start of the Peninsula campaign, entries explain the origin of each placename and its wartime connections. An appendix listing town and city population figures from the 1860 census completes this informative supplement for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
Author : Hoke P. Kimball,Bruce Henson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786470518
This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.
Author : Federal Writers' Project (Mass.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : UVA:X000464396
Author : Jerrold Hirsch
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861660
How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history--and questions that were addressed when, in 1935, the Roosevelt administration created the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. Although the immediate context of the FWP was work relief, national FWP officials developed programs that spoke to much larger and longer-standing debates over the nature of American identity and culture and the very definition of who was an American. Hirsch reviews the founding of the FWP and the significance of its American Guide series, considering the choices made by administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity. In his exploration of the FWP's other writings, Hirsch discusses the project's pioneering use of oral history in interviews with ordinary southerners, ex-slaves, ethnic minorities, and industrial workers. He also examines congressional critics of the FWP vision; the occasional opposition of local Federal Writers, especially in the South; and how the FWP's vision changed in response to the challenge of World War II. In the course of this study, Hirsch raises thought-provoking questions about the relationships between diversity and unity, government and culture, and, ultimately, culture and democracy.
Author : Howard S. Russell
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874512557
Provides a history of the New England Indians and examines their food, housing, and lifestyle
Author : Sandy Nestor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786493395
The American Indians have lost much of their land over the years, but their legacy is evident in the many places around the United States that have Indian names. Countless placenames have, however, been corrupted over time, and numerous placenames have similar spellings but different meanings. This reference work is a reprint in one combined volume of the two-volume set published by McFarland in 2003 and 2005. Volume One covers the name origins and histories of cities, towns and villages in the United States that have Indian names. It is arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by city, town or village name. Additional data include population figures and county names. Probable Indian placenames with no certain origin also receive entries, and as much history as possible is provided about those locations. Volume Two covers more than 1400 rivers, lakes, mountains and other natural features in the United States with Indian names. It is arranged by state, and then alphabetically by natural feature. Counties are provided for most entries, with multiple counties listed for some entries where appropriate. In addition to name origins and meanings, geophysical data such as the heights of mountains and lengths of waterways are indicated.
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Library Systems Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : UCR:31210012859458
Author : Jerre Mangione
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996-11-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0815604157
Almost 7000 authors—including Richard Wright, John Cheever, and Saul Bellow—were employed by this federal program, which saved many literary careers during the Depression and which also produced the best state guidebooks ever written.
Author : Wendy Griswold
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226357973
In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate—and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements alike. With an eye to this market and as a response to devastating unemployment, Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration created the Federal Writers’ Project. The Project’s mission was simple: jobs. But, as Wendy Griswold shows in the lively and persuasive American Guides, the Project had a profound—and unintended—cultural impact that went far beyond the writers’ paychecks. Griswold’s subject here is the Project’s American Guides, an impressively produced series that set out not only to direct travelers on which routes to take and what to see throughout the country, but also to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of each individual state. Griswold finds that the series unintentionally diversified American literary culture’s cast of characters—promoting women, minority, and rural writers—while it also institutionalized the innovative idea that American culture comes in state-shaped boxes. Griswold’s story alters our customary ideas about cultural change as a gradual process, revealing how diversity is often the result of politically strategic decisions and bureaucratic logic, as well as of the conflicts between snobbish metropolitan intellectuals and stubborn locals. American Guides reveals the significance of cultural federalism and the indelible impact that the Federal Writers’ Project continues to have on the American literary landscape.