Praise for the First Edition

For an understanding of what was happening and what southern progressivism was all about, [Grantham] has produced a monumental history and resources which may be added to and reinterpreted, but is not likely to be superseded. -David Chalmers, Reviews in American History

The rich detail and comprehensiveness of Grantham’s examination of the South in the first two decades of the twentieth century makes this a definitive work on the topic. -Library Journal

[Grantham’s] masterful synthesis of forty years of scholarship makes the study preeminent in the field. -James A. Tinsley, Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Grantham’s volume … puts to rest once and for all any suggestion that the complex, multi-faceted reform effort known as progressivism somehow bypassed the South. -Willard B. Gatewood Jr., Florida Historical Quarterly

Southern Progressivism is a must for students of twentieth-century America and the South. -Choice