Lowry Nelson

MCILWAINE, SHIELDS. The Southern Poor- White from Lubberland to Tobacco Road. Pp. xxv, 2 74. Norman: Uni versity of Oklahoma Press, 1939.

indeed small. The author’s appraisal, however, is that survival and such achievement as has been attained, in view of almost every imaginable adverse external condition, may be interpreted as &dquo;evidence of the existence of inherent quality, vitality, and endurance in the people, and of certain facilitating factors and enhancing values of rural life.&dquo; This appraisal is viewed, however, as no basis for laissez faire optimism; for, &dquo;until the agricultural system of the South is successfully rehabilitated, or until