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New Deal Photographs of West Virginia, 1934-1943
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Rivard, Betty. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Upon entering the White House in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced an ailing economy in the throes of the Great Depression and rushed to transform the country through recovery programs and legislative reform. By 1934, he began to send professional photographers to the state of West Virginia to document living conditions and the effects of his New Deal programs. The photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project not only introduced ""America to Americans"", exposing a continued need for government intervention, but also captured powerful images of life in rural and small town America.
New Deal Photographs of West ... Read more presents images of the state's northern and southern coalfields, the subsistence homestead projects of Arthurdale, Eleanor, and Tygart Valley, and various communities from Charleston to Clarksburg and Parkersburg to Elkins. With over one hundred and fifty images by ten FSA photographers, including Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn, this collection is a remarkable proclamation of hardship, hope, endurance, and, above all, community. These photographs provide a glimpse into the everyday lives of West Virginians during the Great Depression and beyond. Show Less
Upon entering the White House in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced an ailing economy in the throes of the Great Depression and rushed to transform the country through recovery programs and legislative reform. By 1934, he began to send professional photographers to the state of West Virginia to document living conditions and the effects of his New Deal programs. The photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project not only introduced ""America to Americans"", exposing a continued need for government intervention, but also captured powerful images of life in rural and small town America.
New Deal Photographs of West ... Read more presents images of the state's northern and southern coalfields, the subsistence homestead projects of Arthurdale, Eleanor, and Tygart Valley, and various communities from Charleston to Clarksburg and Parkersburg to Elkins. With over one hundred and fifty images by ten FSA photographers, including Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn, this collection is a remarkable proclamation of hardship, hope, endurance, and, above all, community. These photographs provide a glimpse into the everyday lives of West Virginians during the Great Depression and beyond. Show Less
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Morganstown, United States
ISBN
9781933202884
SKU
V9781933202884
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Ref
99-15
About
Betty Rivard is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer. She has researched and coordinated three exhibits of FSA photographs of West Virginia and contributed articles about the FSA Project to Wonderful West Virginia, Goldenseal, and West Virginia South magazines. She is a Social Worker Emeritus with graduate degrees in education and social work from West Virginia University and a BA ... Read more
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