Description
Book SynopsisExamines the role of press coverage in promoting the mission of the TVA, facilitating family relocation, and formulating the historical legacy of the New Deal. This book describes Tennesseeâs preexisting conditions, analyses the effects of relocation, and argues that local newspapers had a significant impact in promoting the TVA's agenda.
Trade ReviewThe Greater Good is well written and will appeal to both scholarly and regional audiences interested in the time period, southern history, and TVA."" - Aaron D. Purcell, author of
White Collar Radicals: TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy Era and editor of
The Journal of East Tennessee History