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Poor whites and the Federal Writers' Project: the rhetoric of eugenics in the Southern Life Histories

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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:27 authored by Stephen Fender
Examines in detail the Federal Writers' Project Life Histories of the southern country poor in the 1930s, showing how they were influenced by the lingering rhetoric of eugenics, despite the progressive sympathies of managers and writers.

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  • Published

Publisher

University of Ohio Press

Pages

23.0

Book title

Popular eugenics: national efficiency and American mass culture in 1930s

Place of publication

Athens, Ohio

ISBN

082141691X

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  • Yes

Editors

Susan Currell, Christina Cogdell

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-21

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