Format:
Online-Ressource (222 p)
ISBN:
9780813118369
Series Statement:
New Perspectives on the South
Content:
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The region's economy was the weakest, its educational level the lowest, its politics the most rigid, and its laws and social mores the most racially slanted. Moreover, the region was prostrate from the effects of the Great Depression.Roosevelt's New Deal effected significant changes on the southern landscape, challenging many traditions and laying the foundations for subsequent alterations in the southern way of life. At the same time, firmly entrenched values and institu
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Paperback Edition; 1. On the Eve of Depression; 2. Depression and Response, 1929-1933; 3. From Sharecropping to Agribusiness; 4. Relief and Employment; 5. Labor and the New Deal; 6. The New Deal and Race Relations; 7. Southern Politics; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813157344
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813118369
Additional Edition:
Print version The South and the New Deal
Language:
English
Keywords:
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