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Kansas in the Great Depression : work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation / Peter Fearon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fearon, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public service employment--Kansas.
- Public service employment.
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Kansas.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Depressions--1929--Kansas.
- Depressions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines New Deal relief programs in Kansas throughout the Depression from the perspective of recipients, social workers, and poor commissioners. By focusing on the relationship among the local, state, and federal governments, Peter Fearon shows how the successful operation of work relief depended on the effectiveness of those partnerships"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The storm clouds gather, 1929-32
- Kansas Republicans welcome New Deal funding
- Unemployment, riots, and the emergency work relief program
- Rural Kansas : drought, rehabilitation, and relief
- The WPA, the Dole, general relief, and politics
- Conclusion : what was radical about New Deal relief?
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6574-X
- OCLC:
- 290503532
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