ARTH 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dorothea Lange, Dust Bowl, Hunger Marches
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1929 1938: elegance in the age of crisis. 1929: u. s. stock market crash (great depression) 1932: -franklin d. roosevelt elected president (new. Post wwi tensions set stage for totalitarian power regimes. Hitler comes to power in germany, est. Dirty thirties dust bowl hits us farmlands, ecological disaster. 1936: prince edward abdicates throne to marry. 1938: wwii begins when germany invades poland. The new deal & works progress administration (march 1936) 1st time u. s gov"t took responsibility for. Liberal plan for economic recovery from great. 1935: social security act permanent system of universal retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, welfare for handicapped. Wpa: largest & most ambitious new deal agency. Employed millions (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects (buildings, roads) Federal project number 1: employed musicians, artists, writers, actors, directors in large arts projects. Dorothea lange, walker evans c. 1933 nazi"s boycott israel store.
