02849nam 2200637 450 991082103720332120200520144314.00-8131-5734-X(CKB)3710000000334286(EBL)1915474(SSID)ssj0001402985(PQKBManifestationID)11884073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402985(PQKBWorkID)11364833(PQKB)11055238(OCoLC)622794807(MdBmJHUP)muse44498(Au-PeEL)EBL1915474(CaPaEBR)ebr11009704(CaONFJC)MIL691199(OCoLC)900344716(MiAaPQ)EBC1915474(EXLCZ)99371000000033428620150206h20061994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe South and the New Deal /Roger BilesPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2006.©19941 online resource (222 p.)New Perspectives on the SouthIncludes index.1-322-59917-3 0-8131-1836-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.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; IndexWhen 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 instituNew perspectives on the South.New Deal, 1933-1939Southern StatesSouthern StatesHistory1865-1951Southern StatesEconomic conditions1918-Southern StatesSocial conditionsNew Deal, 1933-1939975/.042Biles Roger1950-1619467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821037203321The South and the New Deal3998899UNINA