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Kansas in the Great Depression : work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation
- Title
- Kansas in the Great Depression : work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation / Peter Fearon.
- Author
- Fearon, Peter.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IWA 07-4990 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 316 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.
- Contents
- The storm clouds gather, 1929-32 -- Kansas Republicans welcome New Deal funding -- Unemployment, riots, and the emergency work relief program -- Rural Kansas : drought, rehabilitation, and relief -- The WPA, the Dole, general relief, and politics -- Conclusion : what was radical about New Deal relief? -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- IWA 07-4990
- ISBN
- 9780826217363 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- 0826217362 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006102012
- OCLC
- 77574616
- Author
- Fearon, Peter.
- Title
- Kansas in the Great Depression : work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation / Peter Fearon.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- IWA 07-4990