North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a DecadeMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 30 янв. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 263 Through interviews with survivors of the Depression, the use of photographs taken by Federally supported photographers (many reproduced here) and research into the history of the period, the work provides an accurate and even uplifting portrait of the people of the mountains, piedmont and Coastal areas of North Carolina in the 1930s. The chapters include examinations of the industries and natural resources of North Carolina during the Depression, as well as information on the education, health, population, labor, governorships, housing and entertainment of the time. The effects of the New Deal Programs and other important historic events are discussed. The work includes 200 photographs to complement interviews with North Carolina natives about their experiences, as well as appendices, a bibliography, and an index covering important federal photographers in North Carolina during the Great Depression. |
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... crops . ( Mrs. Getty Davis ; Kirby , pp . 55 , 66 ) The crop lien system locked many into an endless cycle of poverty and debt ( Walker , Southern Women , p . 2 ) . Mrs. Getty Davis and her husband John were North Carolina tenant ...
... crops , re- fused to pull the plows that destroyed the crops ( Taylor , p . 240 ) . Farmers finally devised a plan of hitching two mules together and placing the plow between the two animals ; the mules , which had heretofore refused to ...
... crops and raised prices ; if one's farm was small , however , the increased prices did not always compensate for ... crops , Rutherford County re- ported one - third of its cotton crops destroyed ( Griffin , The History of Old Tryon and ...
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Water Soil and Industries Based on Natural Resources | 15 |
Population | 76 |
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