Portrait of America: A Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project

by Jerrold Hirsch

Book Overview

How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history--and questions that were addressed when, in 1935, the Roosevelt administration created the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. Although the immediate context of the FWP was work relief, national FWP...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807854891
• ISBN13: 9780807854891
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"