The South And The New Deal

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president the South wasunmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The regions economywas the weakest its... » 

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president the South wasunmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The regions economywas the weakest its education level the lowest and its laws and social moresthe most racially slanted. Roosevelts New Deal effected significant changes onthe cultural landscape of the South challenging many traditions and laying thefoundations for subsequent alterations in the southern way of life. In TheSouth and the New Deal Roger Biles examines the New Deals impact on the ruraland urban South its black and white citizens its poor and its politics. «