American Mediterranean

Southern Slaveholders in the Age of Emancipation

Matthew Pratt Guterl

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$22.50 • £18.95 • €20.50

ISBN 9780674072282

Publication Date: 03/11/2013

Short

250 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

18 halftones

World

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Matthew Pratt Guterl is Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies at Brown University.

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2009 Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Award, Caribbean Studies Association

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