The New Deal and Texas History
Saving the Past Through Hardship and Turmoil
1st Edition
Published on 21. July 2021
200 pages
978-1-9787-7451-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 tables;
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-7451-3 (9781978774513)
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07/2021
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Person
Ron Goodwin is associate professor at Prairie View A&M University.
Content
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
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
