Author: United States. Federal Works AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43
Author: United States. Federal Works AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Final Report on the WPA Program,1935-43
Author: U.S. FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43
Author: United States. Federal Works AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43
Author: United States. Federal Works AgencyPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Report on Progress of the WPA Program
Author: United States. Work Projects AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The WPA
Author: Sandra OpdyckePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317588460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Established in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most ambitious federal jobs programs ever created in the U.S. At its peak, the program provided work for almost 3.5 million Americans, employing more than 8 million people across its eight-year history in projects ranging from constructing public buildings and roads to collecting oral histories and painting murals. The story of the WPA provides a perfect entry point into the history of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the early years of World War II, while its example remains relevant today as the debate over government's role in the economy continues. In this concise narrative, supplemented by primary documents and an engaging companion website, Sandra Opdycke explains the national crisis from which the WPA emerged, traces the program's history, and explores what it tells us about American society in the 1930s and 1940s. Covering central themes including the politics, race, class, gender, and the coming of World War II, The WPA: Creating Jobs During the Great Depression introduces readers to a key period of crisis and change in U.S. history.
Manpower Report of the President
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Includes reports by the U.S. Dept. of Labor (called 1963- : Manpower requirements, resources, utilization and training), and the U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare , 1975-
New Deal and States
Author: James T. PattersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400878209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have the greatest impact, and why? What barriers were placed in the way of New Deal planning? Professor Patterson traces trends in state affairs and in American federalism between 1920 and 1940, focusing on the states in relation to the federal government. Though he pays attention to individual state variations, he searches for generalizations which explain the pattern instead of presenting a routine state-by-state survey. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Employment and Training Report of the President
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor market
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Taking Flight
Author: M. Houston JohnsonPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623497213
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Taking Flight explores the emergence of commercial aviation between the world wars—and in the midst of the Great Depression—to show that the industry’s dramatic growth resulted from a unique combination of federal policy, technological innovations, and public interest in air travel. Historian M. Houston Johnson V traces the evolution of commercial flying from the US Army’s trial airmail service in the spring of 1918 to the passage of the pivotal Air Commerce Act of 1938. Johnson emphasizes the role of federal policy—particularly as guided by both Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt—to reveal the close working relationship between federal officials and industry leaders, as well as an increasing dependence on federal assistance by airline, airframe, and engine manufacturers. Taking Flight highlights the federal government’s successful efforts to foster a nascent industry in the midst of an economic crisis without resorting to nationalization, a path taken by virtually all European countries during the same era. It also underscores an important point of continuity between Hoover’s policies and Roosevelt’s New Deal (a sharp departure from many interpretations of Depression-era business history) and shows how both governmental and corporate actors were able to harness America’s ongoing fascination with flying to further a larger economic agenda and facilitate the creation of the world’s largest and most efficient commercial aviation industry. This glimpse into the golden age of flight contributes not only to the history of aviation but also to the larger history of the United States during the Great Depression and the period between the world wars.