In Search of the Regional Balance of America

These studies present the achievements and hopes of the Institute for Research in Social Science in its efforts to upgrade the resources and culture of the South. They emphasize the extraordinary wealth and variety of the South’s resources and urge the need for developing the science, the skilled research, and the educational leadership that would convert the natural wealth into capital wealth for the enrichment of the region and the nation.

Originally published in 1945.

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