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035			_a(OCoLC)170057676 _z(OCoLC)166358627
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050	0	0	_aHD5724 _b.T34 2008
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100	1		_aTaylor, Nick, _d1945-
245	1	0	_aAmerican-made : _bthe enduring legacy of the WPA : when FDR put the nation to work / _cNick Taylor.
260			_aNew York : _bBantam Book, _c2008.
300			_aviii, 630 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [551]-555) and index.
505	0		_aIn extremis -- Hope on the rise -- The dawn of the WPA -- Folly and triumph -- The arts programs -- The phantom of recovery -- The WPA under attack -- WPA: War Preparation Agency -- The legacy of the WPA -- Glossary.
520			_aWhen President Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933, he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the Great Depression, 13 million American workers were jobless. What people wanted were jobs, not handouts, and in 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a permanent nationwide jobs program was created--the Works Progress Administration, which would forever change the physical landscape and the social policies of the United States. The WPA lasted for eight years, spent $11 billion, and employed 8 and a half million men and women. The agency combined the urgency of putting people back to work with a vision of physically rebuilding America. Its workers laid roads, erected dams, bridges, tunnels, and airports, but also performed concerts, staged plays, and painted murals. Sixty years later, there is almost no area in America that does not bear some visible mark of its presence.--From publisher description.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bWorks Progress Administration.
650		0	_aJob creation _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
856	4	1	_zTable of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007034563.html
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