Roads to Renewal

The Report of Activities and Accomplishments of the Civil Works Administration in Michigan, November 1933–March 1934

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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This publication makes available to historians and general readers a little-known document mapping the achievement of a crucial initiative in the plans for recovery from the harshest blows of the Great Depression, in one of America’s hardest-hit states. It presents a historically unique case history of the Federal Civil Works Administration, established by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The CWA addressed the issues of unemployment and destitution brought on by the Depression, specifically in Michigan. With a contextualizing introduction and afterword by historian James R. Anderson, the republication of this report—with its wealth of data and statistics, and its compelling information about the extent of the crisis and of the government’s initiatives—brings to light fascinating aspects of how critical (and impactful) such interventions were in the context of unprecedented economic challenges.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-01
Mått:178 x 254 x 13 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:174
Förlag:Michigan State University Press
ISBN:9781611863789

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JAMES R. ANDERSON is Professor of History at Michigan State University, where he has taught since 1967. He has assisted with technical elements of historic preservation work of the Archives of Michigan.

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“James R. Anderson has done a masterful job framing the experience of the Civil Works Administration and showing how investing in paying people to work, rather than giving them direct relief, was the difference that truly mattered to poverty eradication and rebuilding morale in Depression-ravaged Michigan. This volume is a valuable read for anyone who wants a real taste for what it meant to be ‘on the ground’ across our state in the early 1930s.”—JOHN P. BECK, cofounder and codirector of Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives and Associate Professor, MSU School of Human Resources andLabor Relations

Innehållsförteckning

Contents List of Tables and Charts Introduction, by James R. Anderson Foreword I. Introduction II. Relief Situation Prior to the CWA Period III. Advent of the CWA: Organization IV. The Launching of CWA Enterprise V. Projects Executed VI. CWA Administrative Activities VII. FERA Activities VIII. CWA in Detroit and Wayne County IX. Accomplishments and Results of the Michigan CWA Afterword: The Living Legacy of the CWA, by James R. Anderson