In the footsteps of the Federal Writers' project: Revisiting the workshop of the world

Landscape Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-198

  Campo, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural landscapes; Deindustrialization; Federal writers' project; Historic preservation; Philadelphia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149403350     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.29.2.179     Document Type: Article

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