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- Book Title
- At Work in Penn's Woods: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pe
- ISBN
- 9780271028767
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-10
0271028769
ISBN-13
9780271028767
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50940437
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
At Work in Penn's Woods : the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania
Language
English
Subject
Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, History & Theory, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, History
Series
Keystone Bks.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-035700
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
333.75/1609748
Table Of Content
Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The First Year of the CCC in Pennsylvania 2. Enrolling Pennsylvania Men for the CCC 3. The CCC in Penn's Woods 4. African-Americans in Penn's Woods 5. Farewell to the Woods Appendix 1: CCC Camps in Pennsylvania, 1933-1942 Appendix 2: CCC Work Projects in Pennsylvania Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of the most popular programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. At Work in Penn's Woods offers a compelling portrait of Pennsylvania's CCC program. Speakman draws on archival research in primary sources, including some source collections never used before, and on interviews with former CCC men., The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of the most popular programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Over the nine years of the program, from 1933 to 1942, over two and one-half million unemployed young men found work on conservation projects across Depression-stricken America. "Roosevelt's Tree Army," as the CCC men were sometimes called, planted billions of trees, fought forest fires, did historic preservation work, and constructed recreational facilities in state and national parks. At Work in Penn's Woods offers a rich and compelling portrait of Pennsylvania's CCC program. In Pennsylvania, the CCC had one of its largest and most successful programs. The state recruited the second-highest number of workers and had the second-highest number of work camps in the country. Gifford Pinchot, perhaps the most famed conservationist of the first half of the twentieth century, was governor of the state in 1933, and his state foresters were well prepared to make use of the abundant labor the CCC made available to them. The Pennsylvania CCC men planted over 60 million trees in a state that had been scarred by clear-cut logging, rampant forest fires, and destructive tree diseases. They also worked at creating and upgrading state park recreational facilities; some of the camps did historic preservation work at Gettysburg, Hopewell Village, and Fort Necessity. A dozen camps provided assistance to farmers on soil conservation projects. Aside from conservation work, the CCC program also played another important role in providing relief assistance to Pennsylvania's families in need. The men were paid $30 a month, but usually $22-25 of that was sent home to their families, who were often on relief and in need of the extra money their sons earned. In their free time the men were given the opportunity to take courses in a variety of academic and vocational subjects to train them for life after the CCC. At Work in Penn's Woods , the first comprehensive study of Pennsylvania's CCC program, combines administrative history with portraits of many of the men who worked in the camps. Speakman draws on archival research in primary sources, including some source collections never used before, and on interviews with former CCC men., The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of the most popular programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Over the nine years of the program, from 1933 to 1942, over two and one-half million unemployed young men found work on conservation projects across Depression-stricken America. "Roosevelt's Tree Army," as the CCC men were sometimes called, planted billions of trees, fought forest fires, did historic preservation work, and constructed recreational facilities in state and national parks.
LC Classification Number
S932.P4S64 20067
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