num_pages: 316
description: Assesses the impact of political and economic policies on one of the regions hit hardest by the Great Depression. Argues that the 1932 Tax Limitation Amendment weakened country and municipal governments and inhibited West Virginia's participation in New Deal programs, compares two model of local response to relief programs, looks at the social effects of the depression, and evaluates the efforts to help farmers and the successes of the labor movement. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression
titlecomplete: An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression
ratings_count: 11
series: West Virginia and Appalachia
publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky