The South and the New Deal
- ISBN-10
- 0813191696
- ISBN-13
- 9780813191690
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-09-22
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Author
- Roger Biles
Description
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. This work examines the effect of the New Deal on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics.
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