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The South and the New Deal /

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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Biles, Roger, 1950- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
Édition:Paperback edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.