Times of Sorrow & Hope: Documenting Everyday Life in Pennsylvania During the Depression and World War II: A Photographic Record

Features 150 images of Pennsylvanians taken by Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information photographers, covering themes ranging from coal miners, steel workers, and women in wartime industries to cities and small towns, farm life, family life, and life among the Amish and Mennonites. A Keystone Book

About the author

Allen Cohen is a retired librarian from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a bibliographer, and a film historian whose most recent book is a co-authored work, John Huston: A Guide to References and Resources (1997).
Ronald L. Filippelli is Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations as well as the Associate Dean for Administration and Undergraduate Studies at Penn State. His most recent book is a co-authored work, Cold War in the Working Class: The Rise and Decline of the United Electrical Workers (1995), and he has been a frequent reviewer for The International Journal of the History of Photography.

Summary

This volume provides a comprehensive visual and written record of Pennsylvania history as the state struggled through one of its darkest periods and confronted new economic, political and social challenges.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Cohen, Ronald Filippelli, Ronald (Penn State) Filippelli, Ronald L. (Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations Filippelli
• Assisted by: Allen Cohen (Editor), Ronald L. Filippelli (Editor)
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9780271022529
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02252-9
• No. of pages: 265
• Dimensions: 288 mm x 247 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1656 g
• Series: Keystone Books; Keystone Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous