LEAVING THE LAND BEHIND:
STRUGGLES FOR LAND REFORM
IN U.S. FEDERAL POLICY,
1933-1965
Jess Gilbert and Alice O'Connor
gilbert@ssc.wisc.edu
LTC paper, no. 156
July 1996, 17 p.
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New Deal land reform and
planning programs Land reform in war on poverty Conclusion References |
ABSTRACT: Paper focuses on past U.S. land reform efforts through analysis of
three essentials of land reform-social base, visionary leadership, and
administrative capacities. Examines internal difficulties of Farm Security
Administration and Bureau of Agricultural Economics during 1930s as well
as controversial issues as they arose during New Deal and War on Poverty.
Keywords: Land reform --United States --History --20th century;
Land reform --Political aspects --United States;
Agriculture and state --United States --History --20th century;
United States --Economic policy --1933-
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