The South and the New Deal / / Roger Biles

• Autore: Biles Roger <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2006; ©1994
• Edizione: Paperback edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 975/.042
• Soggetto topico: New Deal, 1933-1939 - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States History 1865-1951; Southern States Economic conditions 1918-; Southern States Social conditions
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The South and the New Deal
• ISBN: 0-8131-5734-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821037203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New perspectives on the South.