Kansas in the Great Depression
Subtitle: work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation
By: Peter Fearon.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Columbia, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780826217363
Subjects: Public service employment -- Kansas.; New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Kansas.; Depressions -- 1929 -- Kansas.
Description: "Examines New Deal relief programs in Kansas throughout the Depression from the perspective of recipients, social workers, and poor commissioners. By focusing on the relationship among the local, state, and federal governments, Peter Fearon shows how the successful operation of work relief depended on the effectiveness of those partnerships"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The storm clouds gather, 1929-32; title: Kansas Republicans welcome new deal funding; title: Unemployment, riots, and the emergency work relief program; title: Rural Kansas : drought, rehabilitation, and relief; title: The WPA, the Dole, general relief, and politics; title: Conclusion : what was radical about new deal relief?; title: Bibliography; title: Index.