Old South Baton Rouge
Subtitle: a community portrait
By: Petra Munro Hendry and Jay D. Edwards ; with Carolyn Ware ... [et al.].
Contributors: Edwards, Jay Dearborn.; Ware, Carolyn.
Publisher: Center for Louisiana Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lafayette, LA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Community life -- Louisiana -- Baton Rouge -- History; Social change -- Louisiana -- Baton Rouge -- History; Community development -- Louisiana -- Baton Rouge -- History; Housing -- Louisiana -- Baton Rouge -- History; Old South Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, La.) -- History; Baton Rouge (La.) -- History; Old South Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, La.) -- Social life and customs; Baton Rouge (La.) -- Social life and customs; Old South Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, La.) -- Social conditions; Baton Rouge (La.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Community, culture, and social change; title: Shaping the cultural landscape; title: Remembering the history of place : 1885-1965; title: The architectural character; title: Creating culture and community; title: The power of place : community revitalization; title: Appendix I: Percent of Negro residences in depressed areas lacking basic facilities in Baton Rouge in 1940; title: Appendix II: Percent of all Negro residences in Baton Rouge lacking basic facilities in 1940; title: Appendix III: Churches of Old South Baton Rouge; title: Appendix IV: One square mile : a list of prominent residents of Old South Baton Rouge.