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Book Title: Unnatural Selections : Eugenics in American Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Daylanne K. English
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: American / African American, United States / 20th Century, American / General, Semiotics & Theory, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 15 oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
