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WPA Posters in an Aesthetic, Social, and Political Context : A New Deal for Design.

Pillen, Cory.

WPA Posters in an Aesthetic, Social, and Political Context : A New Deal for Design. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Routledge Research in Art and Politics Series . - Routledge Research in Art and Politics Series .

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 1 The World Wants New Knowledge and Skills -- The WPA and Poster Production -- The WPA and Education -- A New Deal for Design -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Art of Reading -- The Problem of Leisure -- Federal Response to the Leisure Problem -- The Art of Living -- A Passport to Adventure and Discovery -- Seeing with the Brain -- Weapons for Democracy -- Reading the American Way -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Posters, Preservation, and Ecological Blindness -- Enjoy Don't Destroy - Wilderness Areas and Tourism -- Going, Going, Going -- Acres Fit and Unfit -- Look Before You Shoot -- Tourism and Ecological Blindness -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Marching on to Health -- WPA Posters and Public Health -- Knowledge and the Health Professional -- Designs for Health -- A United Front -- Health and Social Regulation -- Notes -- Chapter 5 One Third of the Nation - Ill Housed -- A National Housing Crisis -- The Promotion of Urban Planning -- An Urban Paradox -- Outdoor Living -- Decent Living -- Race, Outlook, and the "Normal" Family -- Painting out Injustice -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book examines posters produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal relief program designed to create jobs in the United States during the Great Depression.

9781351004213


United States.-Works Progress Administration.


Electronic books.

HD4606.N5 / .P555 2020

331.13770973090402

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