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The Civil Works Administration, 1933-1934 : The Business of Emergency Employment in the New Deal / Bonnie Fox Schwartz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 589Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1984Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691612140
  • 9781400856855
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 353.0084/85
LOC classification:
  • HD5713.6.U54 S38 1984
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One. Origins of Civil Works: Unorthodox Social Work And Progressive Engineering In -- Chapter Two. The Civil Works Organization: From Social Welfare to Social Engineering and Management -- Chapter Three. The Cwa in The States: Social Workers and Corporate Liberals Vs. The Bosses -- Chapter Four. Civil Works arid the AFL -- Chapter Five. Civil Works for the White Collar and Professional -- Chapter Six. Civil Works for the "Forgotten Woman" -- Chapter Seven. The Four Million: From Relief Clients to Work Force -- Chapter Eight. Demobilization -- Chapter Nine. Reconversion to Work Relief: The FERA Work Division and the WPA -- Epilogue: From CWA To CETA -- A Note on Sources -- Index
Summary: Bonnie Fox Schwartz examines the New Deal's Civil Works Administration, the first federal job-creation program for the unemployed. Challenging assumptions that social workers and other urban liberals dominated New Deal relief agencies, she describes the role of engineers and industrial managers in the CWA's employment of 4.2 million Americans during the winter of 1933-1934.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One. Origins of Civil Works: Unorthodox Social Work And Progressive Engineering In -- Chapter Two. The Civil Works Organization: From Social Welfare to Social Engineering and Management -- Chapter Three. The Cwa in The States: Social Workers and Corporate Liberals Vs. The Bosses -- Chapter Four. Civil Works arid the AFL -- Chapter Five. Civil Works for the White Collar and Professional -- Chapter Six. Civil Works for the "Forgotten Woman" -- Chapter Seven. The Four Million: From Relief Clients to Work Force -- Chapter Eight. Demobilization -- Chapter Nine. Reconversion to Work Relief: The FERA Work Division and the WPA -- Epilogue: From CWA To CETA -- A Note on Sources -- Index

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Bonnie Fox Schwartz examines the New Deal's Civil Works Administration, the first federal job-creation program for the unemployed. Challenging assumptions that social workers and other urban liberals dominated New Deal relief agencies, she describes the role of engineers and industrial managers in the CWA's employment of 4.2 million Americans during the winter of 1933-1934.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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