{"product_id":"a-new-deal-for-quilts-paperback-softback-9781735278452","title":"A New Deal for Quilts (Paperback \/ softback) 9781735278452","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA New Deal for Quilts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanneken Smucker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781735278452\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages, Mix of 150 black and white photographs and color illustrations\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 22.9 x 2 cm, 1.302 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"From quilt aficionados to textile historians and researchers of American history, this scholarly yet accessible book is a welcome addition to the study of American crafts and government-sponsored arts programs in the 1930s.\"-Virginia Gardner Troy, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 New Deal Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During the Roosevelt administration’s efforts to combat the Great Depression, the quilt became an emblem for how to lift one’s family out of poverty, piece by piece. \u003ci\u003eA New Deal for Quilts\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the U.S. government drew on quilts and quilt-making, encouraging Americans to create quilts individually and collectively in response to unemployment, displacement, and recovery efforts. Quilters shared their perspectives on New Deal programs such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Recovery Administration, which sent quilts as gifts to the Roosevelts and other officials. Federal programs used quilts’ symbolic heft to communicate the values and behaviors individuals should embrace amid the Depression, perceiving the practical potential of crafts to lift morale and impart new skills. The government embraced quilts to demonstrate the efficacy of its programs, show women how they could contribute to their families’ betterment, and generate empathy for impoverished Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With more than one hundred period photographs and images of quilts, \u003ci\u003eA New Deal for Quilts\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the visual environment of the Depression while conveying ways craft, work, race, poverty, and politics intersected during this pivotal era. Accompanying the book is a fall 2023 exhibit at the International Quilt Museum, featuring 1930s quilts drawn from its renowned collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"International Quilt Museum","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670824481048,"sku":"9781735278452","price":26.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-new-deal-for-quilts-paperback-softback-9781735278452","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}