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Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia
Lynn Rainville
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Description for Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of the black families who lived and worked there for over two hundred years. The subjects of Rainville’s research are not statesmen or plantation elites; they are hidden residents, people who are typically underrepresented in historical research but whose stories are essential for a complete understanding of our national past.
Rainville studied above-ground funerary remains in over 150 historic African American cemeteries to provide an overview of mortuary and funerary practices from the late eighteenth century ... Read more
In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of the black families who lived and worked there for over two hundred years. The subjects of Rainville’s research are not statesmen or plantation elites; they are hidden residents, people who are typically underrepresented in historical research but whose stories are essential for a complete understanding of our national past.
Rainville studied above-ground funerary remains in over 150 historic African American cemeteries to provide an overview of mortuary and funerary practices from the late eighteenth century ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935348
SKU
V9780813935348
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99-20
About Lynn Rainville
Lynn Rainville is Research Professor in the Humanities at Sweet Briar College, USA, where she also serves as the Director of the Tusculum Institute.
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