Standing on Common Ground

The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland

Geraldo L. Cadava

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$30.00 • £24.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674970892

Publication Date: 08/29/2016

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320 pages

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

18 halftones, 1 map

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Geraldo L. Cadava is Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University.

Awards & Accolades

2014 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, Organization of American Historians

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