Death and the American South

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Death and the American South

Author	: Craig Thompson Friend
File Size	: 47,6 Mb
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 17 June 2024
ISBN	: 9781107084209
Pages	: 293 pages

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Death and the American South by Craig Thompson Friend Book PDF Summary

Death and the American South is an edited collection of twelve never-before-published essays, featuring leading senior scholars as well as influential up-and-coming historians. The contributors use a variety of methodological approaches for their research and explore different parts of the South and varying themes in history.

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