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Author Jewell, Katherine Rye, author.

Title Dollars for Dixie : business and the transformation of conservatism in the twentieth century / Katherine Rye Jewell, Fitchburg State University
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge studies on the American South
Cambridge studies on the American South.
Contents Introduction: the New South and the New Deal -- The New South and the NRA -- Southern industry and the Southern region -- Confronting the "Wagner monstrosity" -- Creating the nation's economic "opportunity" no. 1 -- Rates, war, and the turn to free enterprise -- The South as the "bulwark of democracy" -- Downplaying Dixie -- Conclusion: the politics of free enterprise
Summary In Dollars for Dixie, Katherine Rye Jewell demonstrates how conservative southern industrialists pursued a political campaign to preserve regional economic arrangements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2017)
Subject Economic development -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Industries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Business and politics -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Conservatism -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Business and politics
Conservatism
Economic development
Economic history
Industries
Politics and government
SUBJECT Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject Southern States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316809242
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9781316795576
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