By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife |
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The Nature and Pattern of AfroAmerican Material | 1 |
Introduction to Part One | 15 |
AfroAmerican Domestic Artifacts in EighteenthCentury | 53 |
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By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife John Michael Vlach Limited preview - 1991 |
By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife John Michael Vlach No preview available - 1991 |
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