California in the 1930s

The WPA Guide to the Golden State

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book California in the 1930s by Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, University of California Press
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Author: Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration ISBN: 9780520954649
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: April 23, 2013
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration
ISBN: 9780520954649
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: April 23, 2013
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen.

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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen.

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