V Elaine Thompson: 1 book
Clinton, Louisiana
Society, Politics, and Race Relations in a Nineteenth-Century Southern Small Town
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Examining the town's history from 1826 to 1877, Thompson showcases Clinton as a window through which one can view the importance of small towns in the nineteenth-century South. "With its white columned homes and archetypal courthouse square Clinton, Louisiana, exudes the romantic aura of a 'civilization...
