Title

King Cotton's advocate : Oscar G. Johnston and the New Deal / Lawrence J. Nelson.

Author

Nelson, Lawrence J., 1944-

Publication

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Description

xviii, 330 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Subjects

• United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945
• Mississippi > Politics and government > 1865-1950
• Johnston, Oscar, 1880-1955
• Politicians > Mississippi > Biography
• New Deal, 1933-1939
• Cotton growing > Mississippi > History > 20th century
• Mississippi > Economic conditions
• Cotton farmers > Mississippi > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-317) and index.

Contents

1. Oscar -- 2. Corporate Planter -- 3. Golden Egg -- 4. Ten-Cent Rescue -- 5. Acres, Not Bales -- 6. An Ounce of Remedy, a Pound of Reform -- 7. Welfare Capitalist -- 8. Cotton Diplomat -- 9. Outwitting the Speculators -- 10. Tempest in a Tea Pot -- 11. Fence Rails and Graveyards -- 12. King Cotton Needs a Voice -- 13. I Have Never Liked the Term "New Deal"

ISBN

1572330252 (paper meets minimum requirements)

LCCN

98019739

OCLC

ocm39085357

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries