Confronting Southern Poverty in the Great Depression: The Report on Economic Conditions of the South with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Confronting Southern Poverty in the Great Depression: The Report on Economic Conditions of the South with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Carlton, David L.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312114978.

The National Emergency Countils 1938 Report on Economic Conditions of the South caused Franklin Roosevelt to view the south as "the Nations #1 economic problem" and quickly became a standard part of modern Southern history. This important and out-of-print document is reprinted here, along with primary accounts of the Depression-era South, statistical data, and contemporary reactions to the Report.