Reacting to the Great Depression, Texans abandoned the philosophy of rugged individualism and turned to their state and federal governments for leadership. Texas's Governor Miriam Ferguson resultantly created the state's first relief agency, which administered all programs including those federally funded. Because the Roosevelt administration ordered state participation in and immediate implementation of the CCC, a multi-governmental, multi-departmental administrative alliance involving state and federal efforts resulted, which, because of scholars' preferences for research at the federal level, often is mistakenly described as a decentralized administration riddled with bureaucratic shortcomings. CCC operations within Texas, however, revealed that this complicated administrative structure embodied the reasons for the CCC's well-documented success.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500746 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Wellborn, Mark Alan |
| Contributors | Marcello, Ronald E., Forde, Steven, Detrick, Robert |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | viii, 149 leaves : ill., Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas, 1865-1950 |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Wellborn, Mark Alan |
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