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This land, this nation : conservation, rural America, and the New Deal /
This book presents conservation policy as a critical arm of New Deal reform.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The new conservation. Giant power, rural electrification, and regional thought ; The farm crisis and the land utilization movement ; Herbert Hoover and rural conservation policy, 1928--1932 ; FDR: governor and candidate
- Poor people, poor land. The Tennessee Valley Authority ; Beyond the TVA: land utilization and rural rehabilitation ; Buried in dirt: the resettlement idea and the future of the Great Plains ; Rural electrification, soil conservation, water control, and farm security
- "The best new dealer from Texas". The Hill Country setting ; Historical development of the Colorado River ; Congressman Johnson ; LCRA expansion: rural electrification, recreation, and wartime growth
- The industrial transition. The resurrected AAA and the BAE's county planning experiment ; World War II and the decline of agrarian policy ; Jobs for all: industrial expansion and wartime resource policy
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: Exporting the New Deal. Wartime assistance, postwar institution building, and the Cold War ; The Point Four Program ;The new conservation abroad.