North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a DecadeMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2003 - Всего страниц: 253 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. |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 3 из 30
... villages . The consolidation and sale of many of the North Carolina textile villages , the demise of fam- ily labor in the mills , the strictly regulated salaries and hours , and particularly the abo- lition of child labor convinced ...
... villages , however , were clean and pleasing to the residents . Advantages of mill villages . The village houses were sometimes neat , modern resi- dences on paved streets ; electricity and run- ning water often characterized the ...
... villages . Many textile workers began to request electrical power for the mill villages from the power companies . At first , they [ Southern Power officials ] found requests by textile executives to provide power to the homes in their ...
Содержание
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Water Soil and Industries Based on Natural Resources | 15 |
Population | 76 |
Авторские права | |
Не показаны другие разделы: 7
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade Ограниченный просмотр - 2003 |
North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade Просмотр фрагмента - 2003 |