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Number of Pages: 196 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Memory and Power at L'hermitage Plantation : Heritage of a Nervous Landscape
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Item Height: 0.3 in
Subject: Slavery, Archaeology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year: 2024
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Megan M. Bailey
Series: Cultural Heritage Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
