When Men Cannot Work; Camp Au Train a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp
Author(s): Josef T Iwanicki
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The Great Depression represents the collapse of the economic conditions of capitalism. This meant millions of Americans were out of jobs, a situation that had real ramifications for men whose social roles were defined by their work. This crisis of masculinity devastated all men, but Government attempts to deal with it varied by age. Programs for young men were geared toward keeping them out of the labor force where they competed with family men for the limited jobs available. The CCC program aimed to keep young men employed in conservation work that did not compete with industry while instilling masculine ideals so they could return to the labor force when the economic conditions of capitalism recovered. My research at the CCC Camp Au Train hopes to document how this program dealt with the labor crisis of masculinity and how the enrollees responded.
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When Men Cannot Work; Camp Au Train a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp. Josef T Iwanicki. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457401)
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Keywords
General
Gender
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Great Depression
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Labor
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1930-1940
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 661