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100 1  Taylor, Nick,|d1945- 
245 10 American-made :|bthe enduring legacy of the WPA : when FDR
       put the nation to work /|cNick Taylor. 
264  1 New York :|bBantam Book,|c2008. 
300    viii, 630 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-555) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tPrologue --|gpt. 1.|tIn extremis --|gpt. 2.|tHope on the
       rise --|gpt. 3. The|tdawn of the WPA --|gpt. 4.|tFolly and
       triumph --|gpt. 5. The|tarts programs --|g6. The|tphantom 
       of recovery --|gpt. 7. The|tWPA under attack --|gpt. 8.
       |tWPA : War Preparation Agency --|tEpilogue : The legacy 
       of the WPA --|tGlossary --|tSome highlights of the WPA --
       |gA|tchronology : 1929-1946 --|tBibliography --|tNotes --
       |tAcknowledgments --|tIndex. 
520    When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933, 
       he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the 
       Great Depression, 13 million American workers were 
       jobless. What people wanted were jobs, not handouts, and 
       in 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a 
       permanent nationwide jobs program was created--the Works 
       Progress Administration, which would forever change the 
       physical landscape and the social policies of the United 
       States. The WPA lasted for eight years, spent $11 billion,
       and employed 8 and a half million men and women. The 
       agency combined the urgency of putting people back to work
       with a vision of physically rebuilding America. Its 
       workers laid roads, erected dams, bridges, tunnels, and 
       airports, but also performed concerts, staged plays, and 
       painted murals. Sixty years later, there is almost no area
       in America that does not bear some visible mark of its 
       presence.--From publisher description. 
610 10 United States.|bWorks Progress Administration. 
650  0 Job creation|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
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