Vintage Snapshots: The Fabrication of a Nation in the W.P.A. American Guide Series

Vintage Snapshots revisits the America of the 1930s through a series of state guide books published by the Federal Writers' Project. It explores the contextual occasion of the American Guides and the mechanics of their making. Their hybrid form - part fiction, part encyclopedia, part travel guide - is interpreted in light of the official American Guide Manual. Contemporary reviews of the guides reveal the extent of enthusiasm over their accomplishment for American culture. Vintage Snapshots...