A Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Karen Cox has risen to prominence as one of the most authoritative commentators on the American South today. In particular, Cox’s incisive treatments of the history of Confederate monuments-the subject of her most recent book, No Common Ground (2021)-has made her a widely sought expert in national and international discussions of this contentious issue. Well beyond this topic, however, Cox’s award-winning scholarship has explored the broader role of “the South” in the American popular imagination, through books such as Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Cult...