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Negro Leadership in a Southern City
by Burgess, M. Elaine
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Pioneering sociological study from the late 1950s-1960 of "Crescent City,'' a pseudonym for an urban center in the Middle South that demonstrates "the nature, function, & effectiveness of Negro leadership & its relation to the white leadership of the community." Focus is on "Negro policy & action in the movement toward desegregation of the schools & other public facilities." A First Edition, first printing from 1962, this hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. As it has been in storage since received Brand New for review (review notice laid in), it is in Fine condition: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG- due to minor edgewear in the form of tiny chips (insect damage).Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019530
- Title
- Negro Leadership in a Southern City
- Author
- Burgess, M. Elaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN NEGRO CITIES URBAN CENTERS SOUTH SOUTHERN STATES DESEGREGATION RACE RACISM COMMUNITY POWER LEADERSHIP WHITES WHITE SUPREMACY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana-Regional History; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans; Urban/Rural/Regional Studies;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- New
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