Florida In The Great Depression: Desperation And Defiance

Synopsis

A Perfect Paradise : 1920-1926 -- Harbingers Of Hard Time -- Politics, Politics And More Politics -- The New Deal Under Attack In The Sunshine State -- Biscuit And 'tater Time -- New Demands And A Growing Labor Shortage -- Cattle And Citrus Prices Tank -- Timber, Turpentine And Forced Labor -- Race And The Urban Migration -- Hoover And The No Deal -- Make-work Programs Arrive In The Sunshine State -- The Wpa -- The Hard To Employ And Wpa Projects -- The Federal Writers Project -- The New Deal And Minorities -- Florida And The Big Bill -- The Very Old And The Very Young -- Strange Fruit -- Preparing For War And Ending The Depression. Nick Wynne & Joseph Knetsch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.