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King Cotton's advocate : Oscar G. Johnston and the New Deal
- 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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Format | Access | Status | Call Number | Location |
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Text | Request in advance | Request | F341.J64 N45 1999 | Offsite |
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