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Georgia During the Great Depression

By Davis, Anita Price

Georgia During the Great Depression Travel

Georgia During the Great Depression

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During the Great Depression, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell and his former Columbia student Roy Emerson Stryker spearheaded an effort to create a photographic portrait of the nation's people and places. The result was a federal commission given to a number of photographers who traveled throughout the country to record the pride and perseverance, strengths and weaknesses of the people. Resulting in more than 2,500 photographs in Georgia alone, this project created a visual record of an influential period of American history. This pictorial album relies on the little-known pictures from this federal commission along with picture postcards, personal pictures and memorabilia, written records, and interviews to record and reconstruct a tale of the state's resources, people, education, health, housing, labor and entertainment. The effects of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs are also emphasized. An appendix provides short biographies of ten federally commissioned photographers who worked in Georgia, including Carl Mydans, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Jack Delano and Esther Bubley.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2008-04-23
Publication Date:
2008-04-23
Publisher:
McFarland
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786433957
ISBN13:
9780786433957
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
579 g
Height:
178 cm
Width:
254 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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