The Social Origins of the Urban South: Race, Gender, and Migration in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1890-1930
A rigorously argued and lucidly written study on an under-explored aspect of southern history:  With its close attention to both the rural and the urban dimensions of this process, Kyriakoudes's well-researched and broadly interdisciplinary study represents a breakthrough in the literature in southern urban history. A very impressive debut.(Peter A. Coclanis, Unversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) --Review