New Deal and Texas History

Saving the Past through Hardship and Turmoil

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This book examines the many ways in which the New Deal revived Texas’s economic structure after the 1929 collapse. Ronald Goodwin analyzes how Franklin Roosevelt’s initiative, and in particular, the Work Progress Administration, remedied rampant unemployment and homelessness in twentieth-century Texas.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-07-21
Mått162 x 240 x 22 mm
Vikt485 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793621955

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Chapter 1: From Normalcy to New Deal Chapter 2: Survival in the Midst of Chaos and Devastation: Texas and the Great Depression Chapter 3: Control after Dark: Slave Owners and Their Control of Slaves’ Intimate Relationships or Who’s Your Daddy? Chapter 4: I, Too, Sing ‘Texas Our Texas’: Texas African Americans and the New Deal Chapter 5: Tell Me a Story Chapter 6: the Folklore of the Displaced Chapter 7: The Guide Series, Pt. 1: State and Local Guides and the Preservation of History Chapter 8: The Guide Series, Pt. 2: Automobile and Military Guides: Snapshots in Time Chapter 9: HRS Activities: The Facts, Just the Facts Chapter 10: the Consequences of the New Deal Chapter 11: Texas Slave Narratives