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The New Deal murals of Ben Shahn : the intersection of Jewish identity, social reform, and government patronage / by Diana Louise Linden.

Title
The New Deal murals of Ben Shahn : the intersection of Jewish identity, social reform, and government patronage / by Diana Louise Linden.
Author
Linden, Diana L.
Publication
1997.

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Description
xv, 376 leaves : ill.
Subject
  • Federal aid to the arts > United States
  • Jews > Identity
  • Mural painting and decoration > 20th century > United States
  • Mural painting and decoration > United States > 20th century
  • Mural painting and decoration, American
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
Thesis (note)
  • Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University of New York, 1997.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (leaves 349-376).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prohibition and prison rehabilitation: images of social reform in New York City -- The great state of Wisconsin -- Zion in the Garden State: the Jersey Homesteads -- "The best and scope of America": the Bronx murals -- The Four freedoms: St. Louis and New York City -- The meaning of Social Security.
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Harvard Library