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Book Title: African American Roots of Modernism : from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: James Smethurst
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: American / African American, Semiotics & Theory, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
