TVA and the Dispossessed
Download or Read eBook TVA and the Dispossessed PDF written by Michael J. McDonald and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael J. McDonald |
| Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2002-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 157233164X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781572331648 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis TVA and the Dispossessed by : Michael J. McDonald
Book excerpt: One of the most notable agencies of the New Deal era, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created with a warrant to plan for the socioeconomic improvement of "forgotten" Americans. The construction of the Norris Dam, it was thought, would benefit the region socially as well as economically. This book analyzes and assesses TVA's social experiment in modernization at the grassroots level, using population removal in the Norris Basin as a test case.
