Jelly Roll : A Black Neighborhood in a Southern Mill Town / Charles E. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Charles E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Arkansas--Calion--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Arkansas--Calion--Social conditions.

Calion (Ark.)--Economic conditions.

Calion (Ark.).

Calion (Ark.)--Social conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Charles E. Thomas was a professor of anthropology at Washington University for seventeen years. He returned to his hometown and the Calion Lumber Company in 1975 and has run the company ever since.</div>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. History, Methodology, and Bias; 2. Mill Town; 3. Sylvester Malone; 4. Hattie Jenkins; 5. Willie and Babe Cole; 6. Erma and Jefferson Bates; 7. Odelia Jackson; 8. Deacon Clark; 9. Ruby Johnson; 10. Leroy and Rose McCoy; 11. Saphire and Wilbur Hines; 12. Low-Profile Mainstream Families; 13. Evelyn and Mike Oliver; 14. Conversations in the Singles Society; 15. Talk About Town; 16. Rapping with the ""Boys"" on the Street; 17. Lovella Jones; 18. Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix A; Epilogue

Notes:

Originally published: 1986. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61075-499-9

OCLC:

821737065