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Modern Medea : A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South Paperback - 1999
by Steven Weisenburger
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- Paperback
The widely acclaimed inquiry into the story that inspired Toni Morrison's "Beloved"--a nuanced portrait of the not-so-genteel Southern culture that perpetuated slavery and had such destructive effects on all who lived with it and in it. 25 illustrations.
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- Title Modern Medea : A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South
- Author Steven Weisenburger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
- Date 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0809069547I4N00
- ISBN 9780809069545 / 0809069547
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 5.56 x 0.94 in (21.54 x 14.12 x 2.39 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Publishers Weekly Best Books, 01/01/1998, Page 47