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From cotton belt to sunbelt : federal policy, economic development, and the transformation of the South, 1938-1980 / Bruce J. Schulman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schulman, Bruce J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southern States--Economic policy.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Economic conditions--1918-.
- Southern States--Politics and government--1865-.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the effects of US federal government economic policies on the transformation of the American South from an area of depression and political conservatism to its present day position of political and economic power.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Introduction: Becoming Economic Problem No. 1; 2. ""Wild Cards and Innovations,""; 3. The Wages of Dixie; 4. ""Bulldozers on the Old Plantation,""; 5. Persistent Whiggery: Federal Entitlements and Southern Politics; 6. Missiles and Magnolias; 7. ""Shadows on the Sunbelt,""; 8. Conclusion: Place Over People; Essay on Selected Sources; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-322) and index.
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1991.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771329-7
- 1-280-52373-5
- 1-4237-3641-9
- 0-19-536344-2
- 1-60129-724-6
- OCLC:
- 475957339
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