Jerrold Hirsch: 2 books
Kentucky by Design
The Decorative Arts and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The Index of American Design was one of the most significant undertakings of the Federal Art Project -- the visual arts arm of the Works Progress Administration. Part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, this ambitious initiative set out to discover and document an authentic American style...
Portrait of America
A Cultural History of the Federal Writers' Project
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
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...