The Impact of the New Deal on Iowa: Changing the Culture of a Rural State [Hardcover]

Gregg R. Narber (Author), Malcolm Rohrbough (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0773449493 | ISBN-13: 978-0773449497 | Publication Date: December 20, 2008

Examines the influence of a broad range of New Deal programs on Iowa from the perspective of the programmatic alteration of culture.

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Review

"... we think of the New Deal as a collection of alphabet agencies. [This] book reminds... that the New Deal had a strong visual component. - Prof. Malcom Rohrbough University of Iowa "... few historians have written comprehensive accounts of this revolutionary social program on an individual state." -Prof. Philip Freeman Luther College"

Product Details

• Hardcover: 314 pages
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr (December 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773449493
• ISBN-13: 978-0773449497
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,214,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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