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Understanding The grapes of wrath : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents

Author: Claudia Durst Johnson
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series: '">Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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 bring to life the problems Steinbeck immortalized in the novel. Included are interviews with eyewitnesses to the Dust  Read more...
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Named Person: John Steinbeck; John Steinbeck
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Claudia Durst Johnson
ISBN: 0313305757 9780313305757
OCLC Number: 40668331
Description: xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Money and the Great Depression. Farming in the Great depression. Migrant farmworkers. Unions in the fields. Law and lawlessness in the Joads' world. After The grapes of wrath : the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers at the close of the twentieth century.
Series Title: Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Responsibility: Claudia Durst Johnson.

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A source of primary materials on the Great Depression and the plight of migrant farm workers, collected together to illuminate the historical and social context of "The Grapes of Wrath". Each chapter  Read more...

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?Secondary or college teachers and students will find this companion volume useful for building contexual information and making connections between Steinbeck's novel and actual writings of the time Read more...

 
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