An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression

n this paperback edition of An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression, Jerry Bruce Thomas examines the economic and social conditions of the state of West Virginia before, during, and after the Great Depression.

Author: Jerry Bruce Thomas
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781933202518
ISBN10: 1933202513
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author

Jerry Bruce Thomas is Professor Emeritus of History at Shepherd University. He earned a BA in political science at West Virginia University and, after Peace Corps service in the Dominican Republic, an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to An Appalachian New Deal, he is also the author of An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972, soon to be published by West Virginia University Press.