The Selling of South
Subtitle: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-90
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: April 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780252017704
Subjects: Central government policies; Industry & Industrial Studies; Business & Economics / General; Industrial Policy; 1918-; Economic conditions; Industrial promotion; Southern States; History: American
First sentence: As a fusion of certain strains of progressivism and New South boosterism, the business progressive phenomenon involved an attempt by southern political leaders to modernize state government and expand and improve public facilities in order to encourage industrial growth.