num_pages: 328
description: From the Great Depression to the Sunbelt Era the South has pursued industrial development as the remedy for its economic ills. The mixed results of  this ongoing crusade are chronicled in this path-breaking study, updated to 1990, in which James Cobb examines the expectations, achievements, and side effects of the dive for southern industrialization. 
language: English
title: The Selling of South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990
titlecomplete: The Selling of South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990
genres: American History, History
ratings_count: 15
publisher: University of Illinois Press