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Author Fearon, Peter

Title Kansas in the Great Depression : work relief, the Dole, and rehabilitation / Peter Fearon
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 316 pages) : illustrations
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index
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SUBJECT New Deal gnd
Subject Public service employment -- Kansas
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Kansas
Depressions -- 1929 -- Kansas
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Depressions
Public service employment
Beschäftigungspolitik
Wirtschaftskrise
New Deal
Kansas
Kansas
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826265746
082626574X