The Indicted South

“Highly recommended.” — CHOICE

“An ambitious, carefully researched, and well-written study.” — Journal of American History

“Expands the canon on whiteness generally and brings new depth to research on southern whiteness” — American Studies

“Maxwell’s insightful reading of previous studies covering her three fulcrums of southern history and deft parsing of motives and ideas demonstrate the usefulness of her approach.” — Arkansas Historical Quarterly

“An ambitious, carefully researched, and well-written study that helps academics and general readers better understand the history of the mid-twentieth-century South and the roots of contemporary conservatism.” — Journal of American History

“A well-researched and often stylishly written study of the intellectual history of the twentieth-century South.” — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

“Well written...Provides a fine model for studies of other regions, will serve as a point of comparison, and will be read with interest by a variety of scholars.” — Middle West Review

“An insightful, well-researched and very readable book, which captures a pivotal era in southern history. It should appeal to readers in historical and literary studies as well as to the general reader interested in the twentieth-century South.” — Fred Hobson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Maxwell focuses on three significant episodes in the history of the twentieth century South: the Scopes trial, the Fugitives' defense of Southern Agrarianism, and the construction of the ideology of massive resistance. In each case, she has done an excellent job of contextualizing events and conveying a sense of the atmosphere in which they unfolded. Maxwell’s book provides a nuanced understanding of the mindset behind southern whites' defiance of external pressures for changes in southern society, one that goes beyond the reliance on rather simplistic devices such as a 'siege mentality' or the mere persistence of sectional antagonism. An important and significant book.” — James C. Cobb, author of Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern South