The New Deal's Forest Army: How the Civilian Conservation Corps Worked

by Benjamin F Alexander

Book Overview

How the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed, rejuvenated, and protected American forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

Propelled by the unprecedented poverty of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established an array of massive public works programs designed to provide direct relief to America's poor and unemployed. The New Deal's most tangible legacy may be the Civilian Conservation Corps's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421424568
• ISBN13: 9781421424569
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"