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The Civil Works Administration, 1933-1934: The Business of Emergency Employment in the New Deal
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Full Title:
The Civil Works Administration, 1933-1934: The Business of Emergency Employment in the New Deal
Contributors:
By (Author) Bonnie Fox Schwartz
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Business and Management
Dewey:
331.12042
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
425g
Description
Bonnie Fox Schwartz examines the New Deal's Civil Works Administration, the first federal job-creation program for the unemployed. Challenging assumptions that social workers and other urban liberals dominated New Deal relief agencies, she describes the role of engineers and industrial managers in the CWA's employment of 4.2 million Americans durin
