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From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980
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Product Description
This is a study of the effect of federal economic policy on the American South from the time of the New Deal to the present. Decrying the South's economic backwardness and political conservatism, the Roosevelt administration launched a series of aggressive programmes to reorder the Southern economy. A generation of young liberal Southerners entered the national government to participate in these policies from the 1930s until the 1950s. Further chapters analyse the political implications for the South of this federal policy.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2800407 in Books
- Published on: 1991-04-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"This book brings together a wealth of material about southern economic development. It is an important contribution to southern economic history."--Journal of American History
"The first [study] to analyze and document the impact of federal policy....An important work....Cannot be ignored by serious students of modern southern history."--Journal of Southern History
"Well researched and well argued....Schulman has made an important contribution to the historiography on the modern South."--American Historical Review
"Warrants the attention of both Southern devotees and the general audience of historians."--Journal of Economic History
"As synthesis...[the book] is superb....A valuable guide to the workings of the modern southern economy."--Journal of Regional Science
