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From Homicide to Slavery: Studies in American Culture.
by David Brion Davis
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0195040899
- ISBN 13
- 9780195040890
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover First Edition (1986), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Oxford University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1986), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Oxford University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually "As New". The DJ shows the mildest rubbing; to the panels; the white background field of the rear panel shows faint toning around the edges; there is a former bookseller's inventroy sticker at the lower rear panel; unclipped; mylar-protected. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.35 x 1 inches). x, 305 pages. Language: English. Weight: 21.6 ounces. Hardback with DJ. David Brion Davis (1927 2019) was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, and founder and director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Davis received the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and the National Humanities Medal, presented by President Barack Obama in 2014 for "reshaping our understanding of history". He also received the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for lifetime achievement in contributions to public understanding of racism and appreciation of cultural diversity, and the 2015 Biennial Coif Book Award, a top honor from the Association of American Law Schools for the leading law-related book published in 2013 and 2014.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 57206
- Title
- From Homicide to Slavery: Studies in American Culture.
- Author
- David Brion Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1986), not directly stated, but First Printing in
- ISBN 10
- 0195040899
- ISBN 13
- 9780195040890
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Racial Issues; History: USA; Civil Rights Movement;
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