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Jelly Roll, a small community of African Americans living in company housing outside the Calion Lumber Company in Calion, Arkansas, is the subject of this classic Arkansas ethnography written by Charles E. Thomas, an anthropologist whose family owned the mill. Originally published in 1986, Jelly Roll combines Thomas’s unique perspective as both an academician and the grandson of the sawmill’s founder. Thomas conducted extensive interviews covering three generations among the eighty-four households forming this community, illuminating the residents’ lives in an unusually thorough and nuanced fashion. Now back in print and enhanced with later interviews revealing attitudes of growing restlessness over the slow movement toward racial equality and opportunity, Jelly Roll will be a welcome reference for anyone interested in African American studies, the South, or the sawmill industry.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. 1. History, Methodology, and Bias: A Background to Research in the Black Community of Calion, Arkansas
  2. pp. 1-9
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  1. 2. Mill Town: A Small Industrial Community
  2. pp. 10-22
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  1. Part I: The Old Timers: Folk Ways and Traditional Culture Under Siege
  2. p. 23
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  1. 3. Sylvester Malone: Living Memories Back on the Farm
  2. pp. 24-32
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  1. 4. Hattie Jenkins: A Missionary of the Gospel
  2. pp. 33-36
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  1. 5. Willie and Babe Cole: Coping with Poverty
  2. pp. 37-46
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  1. 6. Erma and Jefferson Bates: Pillars of the Church
  2. pp. 47-50
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  1. 7. Odelia Jackson: Alone in the Neighborhood
  2. pp. 51-56
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  1. 8. Deacon Clark: The Children of His Labor
  2. pp. 57-62
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  1. Part II: The Middle Aged and Traditional Families: Transition, Conflict, and Accommodation Between Old and New
  2. p. 63
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  1. 9. Ruby Johnson: A Single Mother and Her Clan
  2. pp. 64-80
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  1. 10. Leroy and Rose McCoy: The Welfare Elite
  2. pp. 81-87
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  1. 11. Saphire and Wilbur Hines: Home is Like a Honky Tonk
  2. pp. 88-92
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  1. 12. Low-Profile Mainstream Families
  2. pp. 93-104
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  1. Part III: Youth and Pop Culture: The Accelerating Process of Deculturation
  2. p. 105
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  1. 13. Evelyn and Mike Oliver: Youth in Conflict
  2. pp. 106-109
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  1. 14. Conversations in the Singles Society
  2. pp. 110-120
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  1. 15. Talk About Town: A Casual Exchange
  2. pp. 121-126
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  1. 16. Rapping with the "Boys" on the Street
  2. pp. 127-135
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  1. 17. Lovella Jones: Someday, Their Father Will Marry Me
  2. pp. 136-142
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  1. 18. Summary and Conclusions: The Paradoxes of Progress
  2. pp. 143-150
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Appendix
  2. pp. 154-158
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 159-163
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  1. Back Cover
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