Arthur Morgan: A Progressive Vision for American Reform

by Aaron D. Purcell

On May 19, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the appointment of Arthur Morgan (1878-1975), a water-control engineer and college president from Ohio, as the chairman of the newly created Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). With the eyes of the nation focused on the reform and recovery promised by the New Deal, Morgan remained in the national spotlight for much of the 1930s, as his visionary plans for the TVA drew both support and criticism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621900584
• ISBN13: 9781621900580
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"