From the publisher’s description:
The National Emergency Countil’s 1938 "Report on Economic Conditions of the South" caused Franklin Roosevelt to view the south as "the Nation’s #1 economic problem" and quickly became a standard part of modern Southern history. This important and out-of-print document is reprinted here, along with primary accounts of the Depression-era South, statistical data, and contemporary reactions to the Report.
Carlton, David L. (NHC Fellow, 1994–95), and Coclanis, Peter A. (NHC Fellow, 1996–97), eds. Confronting Southern Poverty in the Great Depression: The Report on Economic Conditions of the South with Related Documents. Bedford Series in History and Culture. Boston: Bedford Books, 1996. ISBN 9780312114978.