Urn:lcp:blackreconstruct00webu:epub:bb1bd8c7-7d8d-4069-bd67-fdb7ee08007c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier blackreconstruct00webu Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4gn26b6d Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780684856575Ġ684856573 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.6 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary OL7722321M Openlibrary_edition Du Bois Edition 1st Edition First Published 2012 eBook Published 24 October 2017 Pub. Urn:lcp:blackreconstruct00webu:lcpdf:6e360a9f-f8e4-4c25-805b-c1b76a734882 Book Black Reconstruction in America Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 Edited By W. Du Bois (8 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 9.00 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Burghardt Du Bois (Author), David Levering Lewis (Introduction) 883 ratings Part of: Oxford W. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:45:29.308941 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1148414 City New York, NY Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1. Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 Paperback Januby W.
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