Roger d abrahams (296 resultados)

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Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. xii + 339 pp. Pages clean except for a very few pencil markings, and previous owner's name in upper right corner of first page. Binding tight. An anthology of essays addressed to teachers of "cultural and linguistic minorities in America.".

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. ?Impressive?A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture.??-The Washington Post Book WorldWhat was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation ?family? evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master?The answers to these questions may be found in the groundbreaking study of the corn-shucking ceremonies of the prewar South, where white masters played host to local slaves and watched their ?guests? perform exuberant displays of singing and dancing. Drawing on the detailed written and oral histories of masters, slaves, and Northern commentators, distinguished folklorist Roger Abrahams peels through layers of racism and nostalgia surrounding this celebration to uncover its true significance in the lives and imagination of both blacks and whites ? and in the evolution of an enduring African-American culture.…

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Good.

Condición: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Edition Not Stated. 326 Pages. Cover is bright with some edge wear and bottom corner crease. First and last seveeral pages have bottom corners slightly turned up. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. No marks, stamps or underlining. Interior text pages are faultless. Contains 107 folktales and stories in with editor's preface and introduction, plus introductory material to various sections. Includes appendix, index of tales, and bibliography. Tales from the canefields of the antebellum South, the villages of Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary Philadelphia. Throbbing with life, they range from earthy comedy, recounting the scandalous doings of tricksters Rabbit and Fox, to inventive stories explaining why the world is the way it is Includes moral fables about encounters between masters and slaves, kings and servants, black and white. Together they demonstrate the ways an uprooted people have drawn from the traditions of their past to fashion a life and new and vital culture in the New World.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. book, cover and text all in good condition, binding tight and square, spine not creased, text clean and unmarked no names no stamps.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Prentice-Hall, c.1972, 1st., 8vo., cloth, 339pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, taped over spine, G $.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Minor underlining. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Condición: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condición: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Condición: Fair. Edition Unstated. Text has some writing inside, some shelf ware, their is creases on cover some ware on the spine, a price on front of book in black marker, and also some ones name and number on title page. 339 pp. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 4. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; ISBN: 0135228883. ISBN/EAN: 9780135228883. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561001559. …

Pamphlet. Condición: Very Good. Vol 73, pp. 762-772, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled Pamphlet, else VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, so stated, in the publisher's original bronze-lettered maroon cloth over beige boards, octavo, pp. xxvi, 341 plus Author colophon. Black and white illustrations. Red remainder mark, top edge near spine. Also, this copy seems to have been fumbled in a bookstore at some point, leaving a noticeable scuff on the fore-edge (Please see image for our best attempt at a close-up). …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Binding Tight Pages Clean Light Edge Wear No Dust Jacket Previous Owner's Name On First Page. Book.

Glossy Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. 353pp including index Illustrations Cover is lightly scuffed on edges Previous owner's address sticker on front facing page Pages are clean and tight.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Moderate toning. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.