Thompson, Edgar T. (Edgar Tristram), 1900-1989

Edgar Tristram Thompson taught Sociology at Duke University from 1937 until his retirement in 1970.

From the description of Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 52444813

Edgar Tristram Thompson received his instruction in sociology and education from the University of South Carolina and the University of Chicago. Thompson was a Professor of Sociology at Duke University from 1935 to 1970 and founder and chair of the Center for Southern Studies. He conducted plantation research in South Africa from 1965-1968 as a Hugh Le May Fellow at Rhodes University. Thompson served as President of the Southern Sociological Society in 1961 and was a participant in many conferences on race relations. He was an expert on the the anthropology of race and plantation society in the South; he also did extensive research on community structures. His main works were Race Relations and the Race Problem; a Definition and an Analysis (1939), Race and Region (1949), Race: Individual and Collective Behavior (1958) and The Plantation: An International Bibliography (1983).

From the guide to the Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, ., 1915 - 1985, (University Archives, Duke University)