Hidden history : African American cemeteries in central Virginia
Record details
- ISBN: 9780813935348
- ISBN: 0813935342
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Library's copy is signed by author. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Finding zion -- Locating and recording the dead -- The accidental museum : gravestone designs -- Slave cemeteries and mortuary rituals -- The network of death : funerals, churches, and burial societies -- Lost communities of the dead -- Gravestone genealogies -- Connecting communities through their burial grounds -- Commemorating and preserving historic black cemeteries -- Cemeteries as classrooms : teaching social history with gravestones -- Appendix: Gravestone recording forms. |
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| Genre: | Family histories. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Government and Heritage Library | 929.3 V8 R159h (Text) | 33091007756349 | Adult Reference | Available | - |
