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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
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Total Pages : 1688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Muscle Shoals written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew L. Downs
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807157155
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Transforming the South written by Matthew L. Downs and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have long recognized the middle of the twentieth century as significant in the history of the modern South, owing to a convergence of social change, political realignment, and cultural expansion. This period in southern history has provided extensive material for scholars of race, gender, and politics. In addition, sweeping economic changes spread throughout the South, permanently shifting the area's material resources. Transforming the South examines this transition from farm to factory and explores the dramatic reshaping of the region's economy. Matthew L. Downs focuses on three developments in the Tennessee Valley: the World War I-era government nitrate plants and hydroelectric dams at Muscle Shoals, Alabama; the extensive work completed by the Tennessee Valley Authority; and Cold War/Space Age defense investment in Huntsville, Alabama. Downs argues that the modernization of the Sunbelt economy depended on cooperation between regional leaders and federal funders. Local boosters lobbied to receive federal funds for their communities while simultaneously forming economic development organizations that would prepare those communities for further growth. Economic reform also drove social reform: as members of historically disenfranchised groups attained employment in the new industrial workforce, they gained financial and political capital to push for social change. Transforming the South considers the role played by the recipients of government funds in the mid-twentieth century and demonstrates how communities exerted an unparalleled influence over the federal investments that shaped the southern economy.
Author : Muscle Shoals Commission
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Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Muscle Shoals written by Muscle Shoals Commission and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1430 pages
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Download or read book The National Real Estate Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 772 pages
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Download or read book Appalachia written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress
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Total Pages : 1200 pages
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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
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Total Pages : 700 pages
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Download or read book Mississippi Valley Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Hager
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647000440
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Electric City written by Thomas Hager and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and their attempt to create an electric-powered city of tomorrow on the Tennessee River During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country’s poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s “Detroit of the South” would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American society, introducing mass commuting by car, use a new kind of currency called “energy dollars,” and have the added benefit (from Ford and Edison's view) of crippling the growth of socialism. The whole audacious scheme almost came off, with Southerners rallying to support what became known as the Ford Plan. But while some saw it as a way to conjure the future and reinvent the South, others saw it as one of the biggest land swindles of all time. They were all true. Electric City is a rich chronicle of the time and the social backdrop, and offers a fresh look at the lives of the two men who almost saw the project to fruition, the forces that came to oppose them, and what rose in its stead: a new kind of public corporation called the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal. This is a history for a wide audience, including readers interested in American history, technology, politics, and the future.
Author : Leonard Bacon
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Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Independent written by Leonard Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ann B. Irish
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572331310
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee written by Ann B. Irish and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through painstaking research in archives across the nation, Ann Irish has produced an illuminating portrait of one of modern Tennessee's most significant, but least appreciated, public figures."--Carroll Van West, Middle Tennessee State University "A thoroughly researched and gracefully written account of the man who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the critically important Second New Deal period. This book will be of interest to students of Tennessee political history as well as scholars of reform in the twentieth-century United States."--Roger Biles, East Carolina University During a congressional career that lasted nearly three decades, Joseph W. Byrns (1869-1936) exercised significant influence in Washington. He served as chairman of both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Appropriations Committee before becoming Speaker of the House in 1935. In this first full-length biography, Ann B. Irish explores Byrnes's life and career, detailing his achievements and assessing their impact. After serving in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1895 to 1901, Byrns was elected to Congress in 1909. He was involved in tariff issues, World War I expenditures, economic development of impoverished areas, and farm policy. As a longtime senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, he played a major role in creating the first budget system for the United States government. Ever responsive to the needs of his constituents, Byrns strove during the Depression years for two urgent but somewhat contradictory goals: a balanced budget and relief for the needy. In 1932, he was instrumental in defeating a proposed federal sales tax. During Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, Byrns was House Majority Leader for two years, then Speaker. As a moderate southern Democrat, he privately questioned some of Roosevelt's programs but nevertheless embraced the New Deal out of party loyalty. He introduced the bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps and successfully maneuvered other major New Deal initiatives through Congress. His sudden death in 1936 cut short his career at the very point when he was most influential. Drawing on extensive and meticulous research, Irish shows how Byrns's political skills as well his reputation for fairness and consideration helped propel him into the House leadership. Her biography of this long-neglected figure will prove a valuable addition to the political history of both Tennessee and the nation. The Author: A retired high school teacher and distant relative of Joseph Byrns, Ann B. Irish holds a doctorate in history from the University of Washington. She lives on Vashon Island, Washington.
Author : Vivian Gunn Morris
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 080774235X
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)
Download or read book The Price They Paid written by Vivian Gunn Morris and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Curtis and Vivian Morris put a human face on desegregation practices in the South. Focusing on an African American community in Alabama, they document not only the gains but also the significant losses experienced by students when their community school was closed and they were forced to attend a White desegregated school across town. This in-depth volume includes: -- A letter by Dr. William Hooper Councill and speeches by George Washington Trenholm -- two African American leaders who worked with communities to provide quality schooling for African American children during segregation. -- An insider's view of what life was like inside a segregated African American school -- including interviews with graduates who discuss how it felt to be in a caring and nurturing school that provided an atmosphere much like that of a family. -- Actual events that demonstrate the profound negative impact of using skin color and race as a basis for preferential treatment -- including testimonials from parents and students who experienced racial discrimination in their new school. -- A valuable look at the unmet promises of school desegregation that can help us provide a quality education for all children in the 21st century.
Author : Geographical Society of Philadelphia
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Total Pages : 618 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia written by Geographical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 7.
Author : Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
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Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Beating Swords Into Plowshares written by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 800 pages
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Total Pages : 1240 pages
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