Literature, culture and society in Depression era America
Subtitle: archives of the Federal Writers' Project
Contributors: Library of Congress
Series: Archives unbound; Archives unbound
Publisher: Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 37407
Subjects: Archives; Literature and society; History; Federal Writers' Project; Writers' Program (U.S.)
Description: The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was the most controversial and contentious program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an integral part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." This bold, imaginative and wide-ranging enterprise is the key to understanding literature, culture and society in America during the Depression era.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1933-1943.

Reproduction of the originals from the Library of Congress.

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