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All These People: The Nation's Human Resources in the South
by VANCE, Rupert and Nadia Danilevsky
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1945. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto (25cm). Blue cloth-covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 503pp; illus, tables, maps. Boards and text-block edges slightly soiled, a tiny nick to cloth at crown of spine, VG; in original dustwrapper, foxed on lighter portions (especially on spine panel) but complete and unclipped (priced $5.00), Very Good. Engraved bookplate of William Monroe Geer inside front cover.
Vance's best-known work, a demographic study of southern populations and their potential influence on post-War American economy and politics. Vance (1899-1975) was a long-time member of the Sociology faculty at the University of North Carolina and one-time President of the American Sociological Association.
Vance's best-known work, a demographic study of southern populations and their potential influence on post-War American economy and politics. Vance (1899-1975) was a long-time member of the Sociology faculty at the University of North Carolina and one-time President of the American Sociological Association.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53719
- Title
- All These People: The Nation's Human Resources in the South
- Author
- VANCE, Rupert and Nadia Danilevsky
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- The South; Social History; WW2;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Foxed
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- Soiled
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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