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101	Weeding Out the Undesirables: the Red Scare in Texas Higher Education, 1936-1958 Bynum, Katherine E. 08 1900 (has links) When the national Democratic Party began to transform to progressive era politics because of the New Deal, conservative reactionaries turned against the social welfare programs and used red scare tactics to discredit liberal and progressive New Deal Democrat professors in higher education. This process continued during the Second World War, when the conservatives in Texas lumped fascism and communism in order to anchor support and fire and threaten professors and administrators for advocating or teaching “subversive doctrine.” In 1948 Texas joined other southern states and followed the Dixiecrat movement designed to return the Democratic Party to its original pro-business and segregationist philosophy. Conservatives who wanted to bolster their Cold Warrior status in Texas also played upon the fears of spreading communism during the Cold War, and passed several repressive laws intended to silence unruly students and entrap professors by claiming they advocated communist doctrine. The fight culminated during the Civil Rights movement, when conservatives in the state attributed subversive or communist behavior to civil rights organizations, and targeted higher education to protect segregated universities. In order to return the national Democratic Party to the pro-business, segregationist philosophy established at the early twentieth century, conservatives used redbaiting tactics to thwart the progressivism in the state’s higher education facilities. The Red Scare New Deal Texas universities
102	The Administration of Unemployment Relief by the State of Texas during the Great Depression, 1929-1941 Park, David B. 05 1900 (has links) During the Great Depression, for the first time in its history, the federal government provided relief to the unemployed and destitute through myriad New Deal agencies. This dissertation examines how "general relief" (direct or "make-work") from federal programs—primarily the Emergency Relief and Construction Act (ERCA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)—was acquired and administered by the government of Texas through state administrative agencies. These agencies included the Chambers of Commerce (1932-1933), Unofficial Texas Relief Commission (1933), Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission (1933), Official Texas Relief Commission (1933-1934), Texas Relief Commission Division of the State Board of Control (1934), and the Department of Public Welfare (1939). Overall, the effective administration of general relief in the Lone Star State was undermined by a political ideology that persisted from, and was embodied by, the "Redeemer" Constitution of 1876. Depressions -- 1929 New Deal, 1933-1939 Great Depression Emergency Relief and Construction Act ERCA Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA Texas Relief Commission Department of Public Welfare “Redeemer” Constitution of 1876 History, United States Sociology, Public and Social Welfare
103	Evolution, Not Revolution: The Effect of New Deal Legislation on Industrial Growth and Union Development in Dallas, Texas Welch, M. Courtney 08 1900 (has links) The New Deal legislation of the 1930s would threaten Dallas' peaceful industrial appearance. In fact, New Deal programs and legislation did have an effect on the city, albeit an unbalanced mixture of positive and negative outcomes characterized by frustrated workers and industrial intimidation. To summarize, the New Deal did not bring a revolution, but it did continue an evolutionary change for reform. This dissertation investigated several issues pertaining to the development of the textile industry, cement industry, and the Ford automobile factory in Dallas and its labor history before, during, and after the New Deal. New Deal legislation not only created an avenue for industrial workers to achieve better representation but also improved their working conditions. Specifically focusing on the textile, cement, and automobile industries illustrates that the development of union representation is a spectrum, with one end being the passive but successful cement industry experience and the other end being the automobile industry union efforts, which were characterized by violence and intimidation. These case studies illustrate the changing relationship between Dallas labor and the federal government as well as their local management. Challenges to the open shop movement in Dallas occurred before the creation of the New Deal, but it was New Deal legislation that encouraged union developers to recruit workers actively in Dallas. Workers' demands, New Deal industrial regulations, and union activism created a more urban, modern Dallas that would be solidified through the industrial demands for World War II. American history Dallas unions labor Social legislation -- United States. New Deal, 1933-1939.
104	Partners in Crime: Federal Crime Control Policy and the States, 1894 – 1938 Benge, Guy Jack, Jr. 06 November 2006 (has links) No description available. federal crime control federalism 10th Amendment policing New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Department of Justice Homer S. Cummings Federal Bureau of Investigation Prohibition Narcotics Enforcement Crime Crime Control Mann Act
105	To Make America Over: The Greenbelt Towns of the New Deal Turner, Julie D. 20 April 2010 (has links) No description available. American History American Studies Architecture History Greenbelt towns Greentowns Greenbelt, Maryland Greendale, Wisconsin Greenhills, Ohio Rexford Tugwell New Deal public housing new towns garden cities Regional Planning Association of America planning history
106	New Deal To New Majority: SDS’s Failure to Realign the Largest Political Coalition in the 20th Century Hale, Michael T. 23 November 2015 (has links) No description available. American History American Literature The New Left New Right Students for a Democratic Society United States New Deal Labor Gramsci C Wright Mills William Buckley Jr Nixon New Majority Charlton Heston Jack Kerouac
107	A narrative analysis of Captain America's new deal Ledbetter, Forest L. 31 May 2012 (has links) In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a specific set of artifacts: John Ney Rieber and John Cassaday's six-part comic series, collectively titled Captain America: The New Deal (2010). The question that is the focus of this thesis is: Does The New Deal, framed as a response to the events surrounding September the Eleventh, form a rhetorically effective narrative? The analysis that follows demonstrates the importance of meeting audience expectations when presenting them with controversial viewpoints. / Graduation date: 2012 Narrative Paradigm Captain America Walter Fisher Narrative Analysis Comics Fisher, Walter R. -- Philosophy
108	Deciphering Franklin D. Roosevelt's Educational Policies During the Great Depression (1933-1940) Dass, Permeil 10 January 2014 (has links) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was the longest serving president in the history of the United States, and he served during the U.S.’s worst economic crisis. During his tenure, approximately 80,000 public school teachers were left unemployed and 145,700 students had their schools closed. Furthermore, public schools and their teachers were under attack for the large number of unemployed and illiterate people. Despite these public school challenges, the literature rarely mentions FDR’s reactions or thoughts; instead, the literature focuses on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the National Youth Administration (NYA), two New Deal youth programs. The New Deal assisted many institutions, and educators assumed public schools would also receive assistance. Under FDR, the federal government became increasingly involved in the lives of its citizens in terms of housing, food, transportation, and employment, but it did not increase its involvement in education. In this dissertation, I decipher FDR’s educational policies by analyzing his administrative actions that supported or hindered education from 1933-1940. In particular, did FDR’s governmental programs emphasize or encourage the education of youth? Did his administrative decisions support public schools? What was FDR’s policy towards federal aid to education and why? Additionally, by analyzing how educational policies were developed within FDR’s administration, educators today will better discern how they can influence policies during each step of the policymaking process. In doing so, educators will be better prepared and positioned to support American schools. Franklin D. Roosevelt educational policy New Deal Great Depression youth teachers schools CCC NYA EEP Presidential Advisory Committee Office of Education Congress Pat Harrison George Deen Douglass George Zook Studebaker George Johnson National Catholic Welfare Conference HR9544 Harry Hopkins NEA HR5923 HR12120 Fechner S2883 HR5962 Hugo Black Brooks Fletcher S1305 NAACP HR3517 S1305 Larrabee
109	Hospodářská politika USA a Německa v letech 1933 - 1939 / Economic Policy in the USA and Germany 1933–1939 Johnson, Zdenka January 2017 (has links) The dissertation provides an analysis, evaluation, and comparison of selected areas of economic policy in the United States of America and Germany from 1933 to 1939 within the context of the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the Second World War. Based on a thorough analysis of the determined objectives, tools, the intended and unintended impacts of their fiscal policies, monetary policies, and foreign-trade policies, the dissertation thesis aims to verify the basic hypothesis that the United States and German economic policies were largely similar as responding to similar issues that both advanced economies had to face. During the verification process, the author relies mainly on the genuine processing and analysis of original statistical sources. In the individual chapters of the dissertation both identical, and also different features in selected types of economic policies are presented. On the basis of a comparison of the main economic-policies trends, despite some differences in the partial characteristics of chosen economic policy types, it can be concluded that economic policies of the central governments of Germany and the United States of America were similar in surprisingly many respects.
110	The Party of Hope: American Liberalism from the Fair Deal to the Great Society Kim, Ilnyun January 2019 (has links) No description available. History American History Political Science American Studies European History Asian Studies Modern History Pacific Rim Studies Philosophy liberalism Democratic Party Democrat Schlesinger Galbraith Bowles Fair Deal New Deal Great Society Kennedy Lyndon Johnson China Pacific socialism capitalism welfare state Niebuhr Humphrey Rostow postwar Republican Party

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