Writers, Plumbers, and Anarchists

The WPA Writers' Project in Massachusetts

• Author(s): Christine Bold,
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Pages: 272
• ISBN_10: 155849538X
  ISBN_13: 9781558495388
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / General , History / United States / 20th Century , History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) , Literary Collections / American / General , Political Science / American Government / State , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... The Works Progress Administration housed America's largest arts funding program, part of the New Deal's foray into nationwide work relief. The Massachusetts writers' project put a range of blue-collar workers to work as government writers. This work probes the Massachusetts experience.