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Understanding The Grapes of Wrath - A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Hardcover, New)
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Understanding The Grapes of Wrath - A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Hardcover, New)
Series: The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series
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When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, it had an explosive
effect on the public, calling attention to the problems of migrant
farm workers during the Great Depression. This casebook provides a
rich source of primary materials on the period and the plight of
the migrant farm worker that brings to life the problems Steinbeck
immortalized in the novel. Included are interviews with
eyewitnesses to the Dust Bowl, firsthand accounts and investigative
reports of the causes and effects of the Great Depression, letters
to Eleanor Roosevelt and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, diaries
and autobiographies of migrant farm workers in the 1930s, newspaper
articles and editorials of the period, congressional testimony, a
Wobbly song, affidavits by union activists, and other unique
materials, many of which have never before appeared in print. All
these materials can be used in literature, American history, and
interdisciplinary classes to enrich the study of this novel and its
times. Following a literary analysis of the novel, six chapters
present primary documents on the following topics related to the
novel: the financial causes and results of the Great Depression;
the history of farming in the early twentieth century and the
growth of agribusiness in California; working and living conditions
of migrant farm workers in 1930s California; attempts to unionize
farm workers and major strikes of the period; lawlessness among law
enforcement officers in dealing with union members; the legacy of
the 1930s--Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, and working
and living conditions of farm workers long after the publication of
the novel. Each chapter is followed by study questions, topics
forresearch papers and class discussion, and suggestions of further
reading.
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