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RACE RIOT AT EAST ST. LOUIS, JULY 2, 1917: Foreword by Oscar Handlin
by Rudwick, Elliot M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. This authoritative account of the East St. Louis race riot blends local history and eyewitness accounts with an analysis of collective racial violence in the United States. Octavo: xvii, 300 p. Original black cloth binding, with red titles. The ink signatures of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Parks appear on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is lightly faded along the spine, with a small chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel; else crisp, clean, and very good.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76655
- Title
- RACE RIOT AT EAST ST. LOUIS, JULY 2, 1917: Foreword by Oscar Handlin
- Author
- Rudwick, Elliot M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Place of Publication
- Carbondale
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Ethnic Studies, African Americana, St. Louis, Missouri, Race Riots, Racism
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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