Category: As Two Ships

PART II “Red Sky in the Morning, Sailor Take Warning”: The Winds of Depression, War, and Victory, 1930–1961 Within a three-decade period, the most serious

The twenties: not so calm before the storm INTRODUCTION Looking back over Part I, the chapters have been about growth—of industrial Big Cities, southern cities

Western economic development into the twenties Cities in western states are not simply late-starting, warmed-over eastern cities. The recipe that made them is different, and

Pre-Depression South Our history has thus far dwelled on hegemonic northern/midwestern Big Cities. “Away down South in the land of Dixie,” however, is another world

Two paths diverge: take one As the chapter title suggests, with American economic development there are two quite distinguishable paths: “mainstream economic development” and “community

Big City economic development The last chapter set the stage for economic development described in this chapter. Three main topics constitute core concerns of this