Memphis In The Great Depression

The New Deal made vast sums of money available to cities, paved the way for innovations ion public services, and heralded new American values. In the South, according to some historians, the New Deal undermined traditional patterns of life and laid the foundation for future change. Challenging this generalization, Roger Biles shows that in the case of Memphis, federal initiatives actually reinforced local policy.

To determine whether the New Deal had somehow exerted disruptive effects, Bil...