Talk about Trouble
Subtitle: A New Deal Portrait of Virginians in the Great Depression
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 23, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780807845707
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Social history; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; History; Virginia; History - U.S.; United States - 20th Century; New Deal, 1933-1939; United States - 20th Century/Depression; United States - State & Local - General; Depressions; 1929; Interviews; Social life and customs; United States
First sentence: The Great Depression unleashed millions of Americans from the constraints of their previous understandings of "normalcy."
Description: Talk about Trouble presents 61 Writers' Project life histories that depict Virginia men and women, both blacks and whites, and offer a cross-section of ages, occupations, experiences, and cultural and class backgrounds. Headnotes set the context for each life history and introduce people and themes that link individual events and experiences.