Asch Berta Mangus (6 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Paperback. xx, 226p., edge worn wraps, spine creased, library stamp on front wrap, minor internal creasing, first edition, folded table, eight full page illustrations from photographs (including by Mydans, Jung, Rothstein, & Lange) Workers Progress Administration. Division of Social Research. Research monograph 8. …

Paperback. xx, 226p., wraps chipped along the edges and spine and browned, minor internal creasing, else good first edition, folded table, eight full page illustrations from photographs (including by Mydans, Jung, Rothstein, & Lange) Workers Progress Administration. Division of Social Research. Research monograph 8. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Tall 8vo; xx, 226 pages, blue patterned cloth An integral report for the Roosevelt Administration during the Great Depression. "It is an analysis of the social and economic characteristics of farm operators and farm laborers receiving assistance under the general relief and rural rehabilitation programs. . The report emphasizes the fact that the depression in agriculture began long before 1929 and that the distress of the early 1930's merely accentuated farm problems of long standing." Includes eight photographs by WPA photographers including Carl Mydans, Dorothea Lange, Theodor Jung, Arthur Rothstein, etc. charts, graphs (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. First edition. 226pp. Illus with 8 full page photos by Rothstein, Jung, Mydans, Lange, et al. Research Monograph VIII of the Division of Social Research, Works Progress Administration. Front cover starting to separate from backstrip. Lower corner of rear cover chipped. Red pen mark on title page. Otherwise, no other defects - good plus. (loc 876).…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Blue cloth with stamped gold gilt titles. 4to;10.25 inches tall; 226 pages with an extensive index. (213-226) Illustrated with historic photographs, charts, graphs, maps and a tissue-fold-out. The Dust Jacket has a wood-block illustration of a farmer with plow and his barn in the background. Book is near fine with the only flaw of even light age-toning of the text. The dust jacket has minor top-edge chipping and a sunned spine. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. An analysis from 1937 of the effects of the ongoing depression on American farmers and FDR's programs to assist them. This study was undertaken to assemble information concerning the relief and rehabilitation needs of farmers and to clarify the problems of the farm families that became dependent on public assistance during the depression. The specific objectives have been to describe the extent of the farm relief problem and the underlying causes of distress. The report emphasizes the fact that the depression in agriculture began long before 1929 and that the distress of the early 1930's merely accentuated farm problems of long standing. The report was prepared by Berta Asch, whose services were made available to the Works Progress Administration by the Resettlement Administration, and by A. R. Mangus; it was edited by Ellen Winston and Rebecca Farnham. Special acknowledgement is made of the contribution of T. J. Woofter, Jr., who wrote the Introduction and Chapters I, VI, and VIII. A. R. Mangus contributed Chapter VII and Appendix BThe Methodology of Rural Relief Studies. Ref: Corrington Gill; Letter of Transmittal Subject: Farming; Agriculture; Great Depression, New Deal; Dust Bowl.…