Link, Ed., The Rebuilding Of Old Commonwealths And Other Documents Of Social Reform In The Progressive Era South

Abstract

The Progressive Era South is rich in its journals, novels, short stories, and articles expressing reform-minded concern. From the pens of native Southerners, as well as those who have visited from both abroad and other parts of the United States, came informative but often critical pieces that provided a basis for much of the early twentieth-century progressive legislation. The literature is not always easy to find, and thus it is most useful to have a publication that brings together some of the more salient commentaries on issues such as race, prohibition, child labor, African-American education, and southern women. William A. Link has read widely in this literature and selected well.