North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a DecadeMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 30 янв. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 263 Through interviews with survivors of the Depression, the use of photographs taken by Federally supported photographers (many reproduced here) and research into the history of the period, the work provides an accurate and even uplifting portrait of the people of the mountains, piedmont and Coastal areas of North Carolina in the 1930s. The chapters include examinations of the industries and natural resources of North Carolina during the Depression, as well as information on the education, health, population, labor, governorships, housing and entertainment of the time. The effects of the New Deal Programs and other important historic events are discussed. The work includes 200 photographs to complement interviews with North Carolina natives about their experiences, as well as appendices, a bibliography, and an index covering important federal photographers in North Carolina during the Great Depression. |
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... children , not adults who commanded higher wages . Child labor , then , affected the child and at the same time un- dermined the security of the adult male , the adult female , and families . In the South 148 children out of every ...
... child labor and the compulsory school attendance laws had lessened the em- ployment of children ( Wecter , p . 181 ) . Child labor on the cotton farms . Dirt farmers sought cheap wage labor also . Be- cause most laws neglected child ...
... Child labor on the tobacco farm . To- bacco farming engaged many child laborers . A broken tobacco leaf could mean the job of a child - and the loss of work and a home for the rest of the family ( Wormser , p . 51 ) . The work became ...
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