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Vintage Snapshots: The Fabrication of a Nation in the W.P.A. American Guide Series

Vintage Snapshots: The Fabrication of a Nation in the W.P.A. American Guide Series in Bloomington, MN
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Vintage Snapshots
revisits the America of the 1930s through a series of state guide books published by the
Federal Writers' Project
. It explores the contextual occasion of the American Guides and the mechanics of their making. Their hybrid form - part fiction, part encyclopedia, part travel guide - is interpreted in light of the official
American Guide Manual
. Contemporary reviews of the guides reveal the extent of enthusiasm over their accomplishment for American culture.
also investigates the American Guide Series' troubled relationship with anti-New Deal forces. The politics of national portraiture are placed in the context of previous literary attempts to reproduce the entirety of America in words. A state-by-state compendium records the content of individual guides.
revisits the America of the 1930s through a series of state guide books published by the
Federal Writers' Project
. It explores the contextual occasion of the American Guides and the mechanics of their making. Their hybrid form - part fiction, part encyclopedia, part travel guide - is interpreted in light of the official
American Guide Manual
. Contemporary reviews of the guides reveal the extent of enthusiasm over their accomplishment for American culture.
also investigates the American Guide Series' troubled relationship with anti-New Deal forces. The politics of national portraiture are placed in the context of previous literary attempts to reproduce the entirety of America in words. A state-by-state compendium records the content of individual guides.