The South and the New Deal / Roger Biles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biles, Roger, 1950- author.

Series:

New perspectives on the South.

New Perspectives on the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Deal, 1933-1939--Southern States.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Southern States--History--1865-1951.

Southern States.

Southern States--Economic conditions--1918-.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813191690

0813191696

9780813157344

081315734X

OCLC:

622794807