^IThe Crucible of Race^R, a major reinterpretation of black-white relations in the South, was widely acclaimed on publication and compared favorably to two of the seminal books on Southern history: Wilbur J. Cash's ^IThe Mind of the South^R and C. Vann Woodward's ^IThe Strange Career of Jim Crow^R. Representing 20 years of research and writing on the history of the South, ^IThe Crucible of Race^R explores the large topic of Southern race relations for a span of a century and a half. Oxford is
