| Edition |
Pbk. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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data file |
| Series |
West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 11
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West Virginia and Appalachia ; 11.
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| Note |
Originally published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and index. |
| Contents |
West Virginia in the Great Depression -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 On the Eve -- 2 Drought and Depression -- 3 A Search for Order -- 4 A Jump in the Dark -- 5 The Blue Eagle -- 6 A Failed Experiment in Federal Relief -- 7 Reshaping the Welfare System -- 8 The New Deal and Mountain Agriculture -- 9 The New Deal and Families in Distress -- 10 Reluctant New Dealers -- Epilogue From Nearly Perfect to Almost Heaven -- Bibliography -- INDEX |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
West Virginia -- History -- To 1950.
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West Virginia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1950 |
| Subject |
West Virginia -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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West Virginia -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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West Virginia -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Depressions -- 1929 -- West Virginia.
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Depressions. |
| Chronological Term |
1929 |
| Subject |
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- West Virginia.
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New Deal, 1933-1939. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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Economic history. |
| Indexed Term |
Originally published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1998. |
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"Multi-User" |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, Jerry Bruce, 1941- Appalachian New Deal. Pbk. ed. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2010 9781933202518 (DLC) 2010290408 (OCoLC)633151726 |
| ISBN |
9781933202976 (electronic book) |
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1933202971 (electronic book) |
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1933202513 |
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9781933202518 (paperback) |
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