The New Plantation Society
William Falk, Sociology
Support for research and proposal development on populations moving into gated communities in the American South and the responses to this from long-time, local people. This project will focus on gated communities which in both form (gated and often with the term “plantation” in their name) and content (via their folkways and norms) produce a sense of “old south”, even in the 21st century. The research will include both quantitative and qualitative aspects.