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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459565003321

Autore

Biles Roger <1950->

Titolo

The South and the New Deal / / Roger Biles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2006

©1994

ISBN

0-8131-5734-X

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

New Perspectives on the South

Disciplina

975/.042

Soggetti

New Deal, 1933-1939 - Southern States

Electronic books.

Southern States History 1865-1951

Southern States Economic conditions 1918-

Southern States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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