The Mind of the SouthBy: W. J. Cash Ever since its publication in 1941, The Mind of the South has been recognized as a path breaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of enormous eloquence and insight in its own right. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies of racism, religiosity, and romanticism, W. J. Cash's book defined the way in which millions of readers on both sides of the Mason