New Deal and Texas History - Saving the Past Through Hardship and Turmoil

This book examines the many ways in which the New Deal's Works Progress Administration influenced Texas in the twentieth century.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Ronald E. Goodwin

Summary

This book examines the many ways in which the New Deal's Works Progress Administration influenced Texas in the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald E. Goodwin, Goodwin Ronald E.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781793621955
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-195-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social welfare & social services, Local History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas