This probing collection of essays assesses the wide influence of W.
J. Cash and the profound effect of his classic dissection of
southern history. Perhaps more than any other historian, W. J. Cash
revolutionized the interpretation of southern identity. In 1941,
when he published The Mind of the South, he exploded the correlated
myths of the Cavalier South and the New South and gave
historiography a new gauge for examining Dixie. In the half century
since its publication, Cash's book has lain in the path of every
historian of the South. Not all, however, have expressed unified
opinions about him and his influence, though few can deny how in
the past fifty years his indelible and authoritative work has
shaped the writing of southern history. In The Mind of the South:
Fifty Years Later eleven scholars examine this classic study and
assess its enduring importance. Bruce Clayton begins by discussing
the biography of Cash and tracing his sources. In the subsequent
five essays Cash is praised, evaluated, criticized, defended,
classified, and acknowledged to be the lion in the crossroads of
southern historiography.
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