The Greater Good: Media, Family Removal, and TVA Dam Construction in North Alabama

by Susan Lorene Brinson and Laura Beth Daws

Examines the role of press coverage in promoting the mission of the TVA, facilitating family relocation, and formulating the historical legacy of the New Deal

For poverty-stricken families in the Tennessee River Valley during the Great Depression, news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal plans to create the Tennessee Valley Authority--bringing the promise of jobs, soil conservation, and electricity--offered hope for a better...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817320083
• ISBN13: 9780817320089
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"