The Coe Ridge Colony
A Racial Island Disappears
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2451337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynwood Montell (Western Kentucky University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 710-719 |
| Publication date | 1972-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00350 |
| OpenAlex | W2097785713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
The ninety year history of a racial isolate in the Kentucky-Tennessee border is examined. Peopled by a mixed population of Whites, Blacks, and, occasionally, Indians, the community received notoriety as an enclave for fugitives from the law of neighboring jurisdictions. Its demise came in 1958 as a result of changing land use and increasing tensions between the residents and those of the environing White society
Archaeology · Cartography · Demise · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Population · Ridge · Sociology · White (mutation · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Demography · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 1991 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |