“This well-researched study of the psychological sciences in the first six decades of the twentieth-century South is a subtle and original contribution to southern studies. . . . [It] deserves the attention of all scholars interested in the intellectual and cultural history of the modern South or in the history of the human sciences in the twentieth century.” — American Historical Review
“Rose deals with tremendous breadth of material, and she brings an impressive array of sources from a variety of disciplines to bear on her argument, which will interest students and scholars in history as well as psychology.” — CHOICE
“[A] rich and thoughtful book. . . . The argument presented here is exquisite and original.” — Church History
“A fascinating book. . . . A valuable contribution to southern intellectual history.” — H-Net Reviews
“An unusual history because it is at once a history of a region, of a discipline, and of race. . . . The breadth of material with which [Rose] deals in this short volume is tremendous, and she brings an impressive array of sources from a variety of disciplines to bear on her argument.” — Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
“Rose’s lens is wide, and her research is deep. . . . A compelling contribution to the intellectual history of the South and the social sciences.” — The Journal of American History
“By giving us a comprehensive historical narrative of the field’s development in one unjust society, Rose enables us to glimpse the essential dynamic by which social forces construct such instinct everywhere.” — Arkansas Review
“[A] detailed history. . . . Fascinating. . . . Will be read by historians interested in the impact of racial segregation . . . in the South.” — Journal of Southern History
“Creative and thought-provoking….[Rose’s] work makes an original contribution to the study of southern distinctiveness….A work that also contributes to intellectual history, the history of education, and scholarship on social science in the South.” — Southern Historian
“A comprehensive historical narrative of the field’s development in one unjust society.” — Arkansas Review
