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Autore |
Biles Roger <1950-> |
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The South and the New Deal / / Roger Biles |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2006 |
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©1994 |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Collana |
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New Perspectives on the South |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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New Deal, 1933-1939 - Southern States |
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Southern States History 1865-1951 |
Southern States Economic conditions 1918- |
Southern States Social conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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