A Biohistory of 19th-Century Afro-Americans: The Burial Remains of a Philadelphia Cemetery
by Rankin-Hill, Lesley M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0897894359
- ISBN 13
- 9780897894357
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Westport, CT/London: Bergin & Garvey, 1997. Study of the remains of a working-class African-American church's burial ground, used from about 1822 to 1843, forgotten and paved over until the 1980s. Along with a study of archival documents, analysis of the skeletal remains discovered gives a rare picture of the lives & health of Black people in the period. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, minor bumping. Text clean; xvi, [2], 203 pages; index, bibliography, tables, figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0748
- Title
- A Biohistory of 19th-Century Afro-Americans: The Burial Remains of a Philadelphia Cemetery
- Author
- Rankin-Hill, Lesley M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897894359
- ISBN 13
- 9780897894357
- Publisher
- Bergin & Garvey
- Place of Publication
- Westport, CT/London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Arfican-American History, Pennsylvania, Archaeology, Anthropology, Forensic Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Analytical Techniques;
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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