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How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history--and questions that were addressed when, in 1935, the Roosevelt administration created the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. Although the immediate context of the FWP was work relief, national FWP officials developed programs that spoke to much larger and longer-standing debates over the nature of American identity and culture and the very definition of who was an American.

Hirsch reviews the founding of the FWP and the significance of its American Guide series, considering the choices made by administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity. In his exploration of the FWP's other writings, Hirsch discusses the project's pioneering use of oral history in interviews with ordinary southerners, ex-slaves, ethnic minorities, and industrial workers. He also examines congressional critics of the FWP vision; the occasional opposition of local Federal Writers, especially in the South; and how the FWP's vision changed in response to the challenge of World War II. In the course of this study, Hirsch raises thought-provoking questions about the relationships between diversity and unity, government and culture, and, ultimately, culture and democracy.


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How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history--and questions that were addressed when, in 1935, the Roosevelt administration created the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. Although the immediate context of the FWP was work relief, national FWP officials developed programs that spoke to much larger and longer-standing debates over the nature of American identity and culture and the very definition of who was an American.

Hirsch reviews the founding of the FWP and the significance of its American Guide series, considering the choices made by administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity. In his exploration of the FWP's other writings, Hirsch discusses the project's pioneering use of oral history in interviews with ordinary southerners, ex-slaves, ethnic minorities, and industrial workers. He also examines congressional critics of the FWP vision; the occasional opposition of local Federal Writers, especially in the South; and how the FWP's vision changed in response to the challenge of World War II. In the course of this study, Hirsch raises thought-provoking questions about the relationships between diversity and unity, government and culture, and, ultimately, culture and democracy.

ebook,Jerrold Hirsch,Portrait of America A Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project,The University of North Carolina Press,American Guide series; Henry Alsberg; Sterling Brown; B. A. Botkin; W. T. Couch; Southern Life History Program; Dies Committee; The New Deal; FWP,American history,American history from c 1900 -,Federal Writers' Project,HISTORY / United States / 20th Century,Historiography,History,History - U.S.,History Historiography,History/American,History/Historiography,History American,Multicultural,National characteristics, American,National characteristics, American.,Non-Fiction,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs Administration,Political Science Public Affairs Administration,Political Science/Public Affairs Administration,Political structure processes,Public Affairs Administration,Regional studies,Scholarly/Graduate,Social Science/General,UNIVERSITY PRESS,USA,United States,United States - 20th Century,United States;Historiography.,United States;Intellectual life;20th century.,Historiography,History / United States / 20th Century,History Historiography,History/Historiography,Political Science / Public Affairs Administration,Political Science Public Affairs Administration,Political Science/Public Affairs Administration,Public Affairs Administration,Social Science/General,United States - 20th Century,History - U.S.,Federal Writers' Project,Intellectual life,National characteristics, American,United States,History,History American,American history,American history from c 1900 -,Political structure processes,Regional studies

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Product details File Size 1237 KB Print Length 308 pages Publisher The University of North Carolina Press (July 21, 2004) Publication Date July 21, 2004 Language English ASIN B00AFENCAQ

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