Now in an updated and expanded second edition featuring a new introduction and afterword, Put To Work: The WPA and Public Employment in the Great Depression chronicles the history of the juggernaut job-creation programs of the 1930's, including the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and the Civil Works Administration. Author Nancy E. Rose (Professor of Economics, California State University) explores the contributions each program made during the dire years of the Great Depression, and where each program failed to live up to its potential, particularly with regard to how women and African-Americans were treated. The new introduction offers a historical perspective of the Obama administration's economic stimulus package, and the new conclusion offers lessons learned from FDR's New Deal work programs that can be applied to modern day quandaries. An excellent examination of history with solid insights for the present and future, highly recommended especially for American history and economic studies shelves.
