| Back to the Land: Arthurdale, Fdr's New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning Contributor(s): Maloney, C. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1118886925 ISBN-13: 9781118886922 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 307.141 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1930's - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia Today, the U.S. government is again moving to embrace New Deal-like economic policies. While much has been written about the New Deal from a macro perspective, little has been written about how New Deal programs played out on the ground. In Back to the Land, author CJ Maloney tells the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a pet project of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) a human experiment station, she was to create a New American citizen who would embrace a collectivist form of life. This book tells the story of what happened to the people resettled in Arthurdale and how the policies implemented there shaped America as we know it. Arthurdale was the foundation upon which modern America was built.
Back to the Land is a valuable addition to economic and historical literature. |