About this title: This book chronicles the history of Idlewild, a Michigan black community founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. As one of the nation's most popular black resorts, Idlewild functioned as a gathering place for African Americans, and more importantly as a touchstone of black identity and culture. The authors examine Idlewild's significance within a historical context, as well as the town's revitalisation efforts and the need for comprehensive planning in future development. In a segregated America, Idlewild became a place where black audiences could see rising black entertainers. ...
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Michigan
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
Description: Good in Good jacket. Good in Good jacket Ex-Library A former ex-library book with the usual markings. Otherwise, this book would be considered in near fine condition. Pages bright and clean. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected by plastic cover. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Michigan State Univ Press, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book chronicles the history of Idlewild, one of the many American black communities founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. 268pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy-about 'as new'. Weight, 618g. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Date Published: 2002-02
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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Edition: First Edition First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
Description: Fine Brand New in Fine As New jacket. Review Copy Shelf 376, tight as new unread review copy with publisher material laid in, No previous owner name, no marks, no underlining, not ex library, not price clipped, not a remainder, not a book club copy. We have been voted Nashville's best used bookstore every year for the past eleven years. We package and mail your books in a sturdy cardboard box filled with recycled styrofoam type peanuts. We have helped many collectors and investors build their ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Date Published: 2002-02
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Date Published: 2002-02
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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Description: New. In 1840, eighty-two Americans were transported from Canada to a life of penal servitude half a world away in Van Diemen's Land, present-day Tasmania. Captured in a series of cross-border raids at Short Hills, St. Clair, Windsor, and Prescott following the 1837 rebellion against the colonial government in Upper Canada, these convicts were exiled in lieu of a death sentence. Gleaned from eleven first-person accounts, Cassandra Pybus and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart examine the largest body of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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Description: New. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. In 1840, eighty-two Americans were transported from Canada to a life of penal servitude half a world away in Van Diemen's Land, present-day Tasmania. Captured in a series of cross-border raids at Short Hills, St. Clair, Windsor, and Prescott following the 1837 rebellion against the colonial government in Upper Canada, these convicts were exiled in lieu of a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
ISBN-13:9780870136221ISBN:0870136224
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