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National Resources Committee Our Cities: Their Role in the National Economy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.236 Author/Creator: National Resources Committee Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Booklet Date: June 1937 Pagination: 88 p. ; 29 x 23 Order a Copy

One booklet entitled, "Our Cities: Their Role in the National Economy," dated June 1937. Item is a report on the status of cities in the United States detailing problems of inequality in labor, transportation, housing, public health and crime.

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