附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-473) and index.
pt. I. Narrating experience: Virginia and Virginians in the decade of the Great Depression. Narrating old ways and past times: of "infairs" and "callithumps" -- Narrating women's experience: "living the life of a woman" -- Narrating men's experience: "we meet with so many changes" -- Narrating the African American experience: "democracy paid for" -- pt. II. Making a living: from farm to factory. Making a living from the land: paid in "chips and whetstones" -- Making a living on the water: "takes a man with a good back an' strong arms" -- Making a living in the trades and business: "a high standard of output" -- Making a living in iron, steel, and coal: "of every artificer in brass and iron" -- Making a living in factory and mill: "hurrying to keep time with machines" -- Epilogue: Virginia on the eve of World War II -- App. A. Selected listing of federal relief agencies and programs -- App. B. Supplemental data on informants and selected VWP interviewers -- App. C. RA/FSA photographs taken in Virginia.
摘要:Talk about Trouble presents 61 Writers' Project life histories that depict Virginia men and women, both blacks and whites, and offer a cross-section of ages, occupations, experiences, and cultural and class backgrounds. Headnotes set the context for each life history and introduce people and themes that link individual events and experiences.
