People must live by work : direct job creation in America, from FDR to Reagan / Steven Attewell.
People must live by work : direct job creation in America, from FDR to Reagan / Steven Attewell.
People must live by work : direct job creation in America, from FDR to Reagan / Steven Attewell.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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G 2018/6510
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
Steven Attewell presents the history of an idea-direct job creation-that transformed the role of government in ameliorating unemployment by hiring the unemployed en masse to prevent widespread destitution in economic crises. For ten years, between 1933 and 1943, direct job creation was put into practice, employing more than eight million Americans...
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People must live by work : direct job creation in America, from FDR to Reagan / Steven Attewell.
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Politics and culture in modern America
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/6510
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74VKVQQAQ3wX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQQAQ3wX
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ISBN
0812250435 hardcover
9780812250435 hardcover
DDC
331.1204209730904
MMS ID
991024198711502626
