New Deal''s Forest Army - How the Civilian Conservation Corps Worked

A uniquely detailed exploration of life in the CCC, The New Deal's Forest Army compellingly demonstrates how one New Deal program changed America and gave birth to both contemporary forestry and the modern environmental movement.

About the author

Benjamin F. Alexander teaches American history at the New York City College of Technology. He is the author of Coxey’s Army: Popular Protest in the Gilded Age.

Summary

A uniquely detailed exploration of life in the CCC, The New Deal's Forest Army compellingly demonstrates how one New Deal program changed America and gave birth to both contemporary forestry and the modern environmental movement.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin F. Alexander, Benjamin F. (Raymond Walters College of Alexander, Benjamin F. (Raymond Walters College of the University of Cincinnati) Alexander
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781421424552
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2455-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: How Things Worked; How Things Worked
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Labour Economics, Conservation of the environment, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General