The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men

by Renee Corona Kolvet and Victoria Ford

Book Overview

The Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on sparsely populated Nevada and its two major industries, mining and agriculture. Luckily, thanks to Nevada's powerful Senate delegation, Roosevelt's New Deal funding flowed abundantly into the state. Among the programs thus supported was the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal program intended to provide jobs for unemployed young men and a pool of labor for essential public lands rehabilitation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874179939
• ISBN13: 9780874179934
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"