Reviews
" The eleven essays in this fine collection are a welcome contribution to the University Press of Florida's impressive series New Perspectives on the History of the South. As other historians of the South have done these scholars link the past and present in subtle and revealing ways. The history of the South may have been marked by continuity, but the authors and editors here show the possibilities for economic, political, and racial change."
--The Journal of American History
" An excellent exploration of race and the New South. Looking at diverse local events and people, it confirms much existing historiography but also adds to it. By complicating the history of the South, it succeeds in broadening our knowledge about this distinct region and its past."
--The Journal of Mississippi History
"Reflects new scholarship. It is also a study in frustration as the Cold War and anticommunism undermined progressive attempts to make freedom real for African Americans. These essays will be discussed in seminars and classrooms for a long time."
--The Alabama Review
"Documents the continuing evolution of a New South historiography more broadly conceived than ever in the topics considered appropriate and worthwile for study."
"Definitely an engrossing read."
--Georgia Historical Quarterly