Hard times and New Deal in Kentucky, 1929-1939 / / George T. Blakey

• Autore: Blakey George T.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1986; ©1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.9/042
• Soggetto topico: New Deal, 1933-1939 - Kentucky
• Soggetto geografico: Kentucky History 1865-; Kentucky Economic conditions; Kentucky Politics and government 1865-1950; United States Economic policy 1933-1945
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Hard Times in the Commonwealth; 2. Banks, Homes, and the Indigent; 3. Relief and Public Works; 4. Kentucky Youth and the New Deal; 5. Newly Plowed Fields; Illustrations; 6. Getting Back to Business; 7. Politics and Other Natural Phenomena; 8. New Deal Legacy in Kentucky; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Great Depression and the New Deal touched the lives of almost every Kentuckian during the 1930's. Fifty years later the Commonwealth is still affected by the legacies of that era and the policies of the Roosevelt administration. George T. Blakey has written the first full study of this turbulent decade in Kentucky, and he offers a fresh perspective on the New Deal programs by viewing them from the local and state level rather than from Washington.Thousands of Kentuckians worked for New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Projects Administration; thousands mor
• Titolo autorizzato: Hard times and New Deal in Kentucky, 1929-1939
• ISBN: 0-8131-6213-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807356103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II