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<p>'Throughout this terrific book, Wilson places this government agency-its creation, its lifespan and achievements, and its mixed legacies-in the broader context of postwar American history and, more specifically, the history of employment policy.' -Jason Scott Smith, author of Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956</p><p>With clarity and insight, Gregory S. Wilson recounts the story of the Area Redevelopment Administration and connects a nearly forgotten piece of American employment history to national and transnational developments in the making of social policy in the years between the New Deal and the Great Society. Communities Left Behind demonstrates how the United States has, since the Great Depression, tried but failed to address the nation's structural inequalities, and it reopens discussions about poverty and economic dislocation in a period when the country is facing new economic challenges.</p><p>The ARA was created in 1961 and remained in operation until 1965. Its goal was to assist communities, especially economically distressed ones in rural or undeveloped areas of the country, in generating employment opportunities. Unstated

Author

Gregory S. Wilson

Publisher

University of Tennessee Press; Univ Tennessee Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781572336643

Subjects

Sociology, History, Economics