Remembering America. a Sampler of the Wpa American Guide Series /

Remembering America. a Sampler of the Wpa American Guide Series / / ed. by Archie Hobson.

Shares a collection of approximately five hundred passages from the Guides, written during the 1930's by writers on relief who were paid by the federal government to write about the state, city, town, or locale where they lived.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
HerausgeberIn:
Hobson, Archie,
MitwirkendeR:
Stott, Bill,
TeilnehmendeR:
Stott, Bill.
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985]
©1985
Year of Publication:1985
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editor’s Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • The Land and Its Improvements
  • Natural Conditions
  • Buildings
  • In the Towns
  • Monuments and Remains
  • The Wilderness
  • The Urban Scene
  • Work
  • Working on the Land
  • On the Water
  • Factory and Workshop
  • In the Ground
  • Trade
  • Everyday Life
  • At Home
  • Food and Drink
  • Pastimes
  • Animals
  • The People
  • Some Special People
  • The Young
  • Society
  • Famous and Unknown
  • Moving About
  • Transportation
  • Along the Road
  • Settled and Abandoned
  • Fortune
  • Higher Callings
  • Invention
  • Religion
  • Law and Order
  • The Big Event
  • The End
  • The End
  • State and City Guides Used in This Compilation
  • Index of Entries by State

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