A caring society : the New Deal, the worker, and the Great Depression : a history of the American worker, 1933-1941 / Irving Bernstein.

Author
Bernstein, Irving, 1916-2001 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Description
338 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    A combination of social history, labor history and a history of the New Deal, interweaving stories of migrant workers, laborers and policy makers. One chapter is devoted to the arts of the period and their portrayals of workers. Summaries of several leftist plays are also given, including plays by Clifford Odets, Lillian Hellman, and Erskine Caldwell. Also has several pages of photographs of Depression scenes and leaders of the period.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 309-326.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    WJC memorial to Donald E. Douglas, class of 1926.
    Other title(s)
    History of the American worker, 1933-1941.
    ISBN
    • 0395331161
    • 9780395331163
    LCCN
    84025129
    OCLC
    11371802
    Other standard number
    • ZBWT00030011
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