The Wpa Guide To Iowa

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342133

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The WPA Guide to Iowa by Federal Writers' Project Pdf

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The rolling hills between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers are home to the Midwest’s Hawkeye State, faithfully cataloged in the WPA Guide to Iowa. Stressing the agricultural roots and varied crops grown throughout the state, this guide includes many pictures depicting the lives of Iowa farm workers in the 1930’s.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1090052059

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The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587296635

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The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa by Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project Pdf

Originally published during the Great Depression, The WPA Guide nevertheless finds much to celebrate in the heartland of America. Nearly three dozen essays highlight Iowa's demography, economy, and culture but the heart of the book is a detailed traveler's guide, organized as seventeen different tours, that directs the reader to communities of particual social and historical interest.

Author : Jonathan Silverman,Meghan M. Sweeney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781476626345

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Remaking the American College Campus by Jonathan Silverman,Meghan M. Sweeney Pdf

The built and landscaped spaces of colleges and universities radiate and absorb the values of the cultures in which they were created. As economic and political forces exert pressure on administrators and as our understanding of higher education shifts, these spaces can transform dramatically. Focusing on the utopian visions and the dystopian realities of American campus life, this collection of new essays examines campus spaces from the perspective of those who live and work there. Topics include disability, sustainability, first-year writing, underrepresented groups on campus, online education, adjunct labor, and the way profit-driven agendas have shaped colleges and universities.

Author : Rebecca L. Berg
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810850931

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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.

Author : The Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : 9780873517126

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Wpa Guide to Minnesota by The Federal Writers' Project Pdf

Author : Writers' Program (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Arizona
ISBN : UCR:31210001314739

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Arizona, the Grand Canyon State by Writers' Program (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney,Joseph Hogan
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496201829

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Finding a New Midwestern History by Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney,Joseph Hogan Pdf

In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the popular press. Historians as well as literary and art critics tend not to examine the Midwest in depth in their academic work. And in the popular imagination, the Midwest has never really ascended to the level of the proud, literary South; the cultured, democratic Northeast; or the hip, innovative West Coast. Finding a New Midwestern History revives and identifies anew the Midwest as a field of study by promoting a diversity of viewpoints and lending legitimacy to a more in-depth, rigorous scholarly assessment of a large region of the United States that has largely been overlooked by scholars. The essays discuss facets of midwestern life worth examining more deeply, including history, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics, and are written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson.

Author : Donald Grant Mitchell,Federal Writers' Project Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0781255759

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Iowa by Donald Grant Mitchell,Federal Writers' Project Staff Pdf

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342454

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The WPA Guide to Washington by Federal Writers' Project Pdf

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to Washington exhibits the beauty and individuality found in the Pacific Northwest. The guide takes the reader on a journey across the Evergreen State, from Seattle to Spokane with the Cascades in between. Essays on the state’s large lumber industry and its role in the westward expansion are included.

Author : Justin Nordstrom
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682261750

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The Provisions of War by Justin Nordstrom Pdf

"This collection of essays examines how food and its absence have been used both as a destructive weapon and a unifying force in establishing governmental control and cultural cohesion during times of conflict"--

Author : Writers' Program (Mich.),Writers' Program (U.S.). Michigan
Publisher : Scholarly Press
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0403021723

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Michigan, a Guide to the Wolverine State by Writers' Program (Mich.),Writers' Program (U.S.). Michigan Pdf

Author : Reed Ueda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216045168

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America's Changing Neighborhoods [3 volumes] by Reed Ueda Pdf

A unique panoramic survey of ethnic groups throughout the United States that explores the diverse communities in every region, state, and big city. Race, ethnicity, and immigrants' lives and identity: these are all key topics that Americans need to study in order to fully understand U.S. culture, society, politics, economics, and history. Learning about "place" through our own historical and contemporary neighborhoods is an ideal way to better grasp the important role of race and ethnicity in the United States. This reference work comprehensively covers both historical and contemporary ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods through A–Z entries that explore the places and people in every major U.S. region and neighborhood. America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity uniquely combines the history of ethnic groups with the history of communities, offering an interdisciplinary examination of the nation's makeup. It gives readers perspective and insight into ethnicity and race based on the geography of enclaves across the nation, in regions and in specific cities or localized areas within a city. Among the entries are nearly 200 "neighborhood biographies" that provide histories of local communities and their ethnic groups. Images, sidebars, cross-references at the end of each entry, and cross-indexing of entries serve readers conducting preliminary as well as in-depth research. The book's state-by-state entries also offer population data, and an appendix of ancestry statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau details ethnic and racial diversity.

Author : Christine Bold
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1578061954

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The WPA Guides by Christine Bold Pdf

In 1935 the FDR administration put 40,000 unemployed artists to work in four federal arts projects. The main contribution of one unit, the Federal Writers Project, was the American Guide Series, a collectively composed set of guidebooks to every state, most regions, and many cities, towns, and villages across the United States. The WPA arts projects were poised on the cusp of the modern bureaucratization of culture. They occurred at a moment when the federal government was extending its reach into citizens' daily lives. The 400 guidebooks the teams produced have been widely celebrated as icons of American democracy and diversity. Clumped together, they manifest a lofty role for the project and a heavy responsibility for its teams of writers. The guides assumed the authority of conceptualizing the national identity. In The WPA Guides: Mapping America Christine Bold closely examines this publicized view of the guides and reveals its flaws. Her research in archival materials reveals the negotiations and conflicts between the central editors in Washington and the local people in the states. Race, region, and gender are taken as important categories within which difference and conflict appear. She looks at the guidebook for each of five distinctively different locations -- Idaho, New York City, North Carolina, Missouri, and U.S. One and the Oregon Trail--to assess the editorial plotting of such issues as gender, race, ethnicity, and class. As regionalists jostled with federal officialdom, the faultlines of the project gaped open. Spotlighting the controversies between federal and state bureaucracies, Bold concludes that the image of America that the WPA fostered is closer to fabrication than to actuality. Christine Bold is director of the Centre for Cultural Studies and an associate professor of English at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:185510343

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Iowa by Anonim Pdf