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UNINA9910813297803321 |
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Titolo |
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt : letters from children of the Great Depression / / edited by Robert Cohen |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908733-0-9 |
0-8078-6126-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CohenRobert <1955 May 21-> |
RooseveltEleanor <1884-1962.> |
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Disciplina |
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362.7097309043 |
973.917/092 B |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents' spouses - United States |
Children - United States |
Poor children - United States |
Depressions - 1929 - United States |
Children - United States - Social conditions - 20th century |
Children's writings, American |
United States History 1933-1945 Sources |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 Sources |
United States Social conditions 1933-1945 Sources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-260) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Ill-Clothed, Ill-Housed, Ill-Fed; Chapter 2. Education; Chapter 3. Social Life; Chapter 4. Minorities; Epilogue: Responses to the Letters; Notes and Sources; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Impoverished young Americans had no greater champion during the Depression than Eleanor Roosevelt. As First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt used her newspaper columns and radio broadcasts to crusade for expanded federal aid to poor children and teens. She was the most visible spokesperson for the National Youth Administration, the New Deal's central agency for aiding needy youths, and she was adamant in insisting that federal aid to young people be administered without |
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