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Dissertation Information for Douglas Lee Fleming

NAME:
- Douglas Lee Fleming

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- Emory University (USA) (1984)

ADVISORS:
- Dan T. Carter

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected

Title: ATLANTA, THE DEPRESSION, AND THE NEW DEAL (SOUTH, URBAN, GEORGIA)

Abstract: During the prosperous 1920s Atlanta's leaders, like those in cities across the nation, envisioned unlimited growth for their city, the business capital of the South. When the stock market crash signaled the start of the Depression in late 1929, the city's leaders responded by optimistically predicting rapid recovery. During the Hoover years conditions worsened, and thousands of citizens, many already poor before the Depression, suffered the loss of jobs and did without basic necessities. Local and state governments which had suffered revenue shortages through the late 1920s found themselves in desperate fiscal condition and did little to help the unemployed. Local private charities attempted to expand their services but lacked the resources necessary to provide aid to thousands of needy Atlantans. Relief arrived in March 1933 with the beginning of significant federal aid under the New Deal. For the rest of the decade New Deal programs provided relief, bolstered the economy, and constructed useful facilities in Atlanta as they did in cities throughout the nation.

Atlanta's Depression experiences in many ways typify that of Southern cities as well as that of regional commerical urban centers throughout the nation. Like most Southern cities, Atlanta suffered from the economic impact of Southern agricultural problems and a lack of influence in a rural dominated state government. Like commerical cities throughout the nation, Atlanta suffered business declines and could not provide adequate relief until the arrival of New Deal programs. Atlanta stands out from other Southern and U.S. cities because its capable and adaptable business and political leaders embraced the New Deal so wholeheartedly that the city received far greater benefits than most. These benefits included the building of a modern infrastructure which would allow Atlanta to increase its business dominance over other Southern cities during the years of economic growth following the Depression.

MPACT Scores for Douglas Lee Fleming

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calculated 2008-06-03 09:36:59

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