King Cotton's advocate : Oscar G. Johnston and the New Deal / Lawrence J. Nelson.
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TextPublication details: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 330 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 1572330252 (alk. paper)
- 9781572330252 (alk. paper)
- Johnston, Oscar G. (Oscar Goodbar), 1880-1955
- Politicians -- Mississippi -- Biography
- Cotton farmers -- Mississippi -- Biography
- Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Mississippi -- Economic conditions
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- F341.J64 N45 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-317) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Oscar -- Corporate planter -- Golden egg -- Ten-cent rescue -- Acres, not bales -- An ounce of remedy, a pound of reform -- Welfare capitalist -- Cotton diplomat -- Outwitting the speculators -- Tempest in a tea pot -- Fence rails and graveyards -- King Cotton needs a voice -- I have never liked the term "New Deal" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.