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Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have the greatest impact, and why? What barriers were pla



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*1. The 48 States in the 1920's, pg. 1*2. Confusion Reigns, 1929-1933, pg. 26*3. Battles over Relief, 1933-1935, pg. 50*4. State Relief & Welfare, 1935-1940, pg. 74*5. Groping for Coordination, 1933-1940, pg. 102*6. The Governors: Liberals, Conservatives & Nobodies, pg. 129*7. States, Patronage, and Politics, pg. 168*8. Federalism in the Style of the 1930's, pg. 194*A Bibliographical Essay, pg. 208*Index, pg. 219

The New Deal and States

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691621876, 978-0691621876
      ISBN10: 069162187X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have the greatest impact, and why? What barriers were pla



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*1. The 48 States in the 1920's, pg. 1*2. Confusion Reigns, 1929-1933, pg. 26*3. Battles over Relief, 1933-1935, pg. 50*4. State Relief & Welfare, 1935-1940, pg. 74*5. Groping for Coordination, 1933-1940, pg. 102*6. The Governors: Liberals, Conservatives & Nobodies, pg. 129*7. States, Patronage, and Politics, pg. 168*8. Federalism in the Style of the 1930's, pg. 194*A Bibliographical Essay, pg. 208*Index, pg. 219

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