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The African Burial Ground in New York City : memory, spirituality, and space /

"'This book is of real importance. Frohne has drawn together all of the information about the African American burial ground in one place and analyzed it within the context of the history of enslaved Africans in New York"--Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, director and Distinguished Professor,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frohne, Andrea E., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:New York State Series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Colonial prints and civic cartographies
  • Ownership disputes, land surveys, and urban developments
  • Burying the dead : skeletal and archaeological analyses
  • Contemporary politics and grassroots efforts
  • Early commemorative artworks, 1992-1995 : African-based spirituality
  • Late commemorative artworks, 1998-2007 : Pan-African arts and the body politic
  • Appendix: African Burial Ground final reports
  • Chronology of contemporary political events.