By the 1920s, the sectional reconciliation that had seemed achievable after Reconstruction was foundering, and the South was increasingly perceived and portraye

Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness

In The Long Southern Strategy, Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields trace the consequences of the GOP's decision to court white voters in the South. Over time, Republ

The American South has experienced remarkable change over the past half century. Black voter registration has increased, the region's politics have shifted from

In his captivating study of faith and class, John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early twentieth century allowed the South’s poor — both white