Love Across the Color Line
The Letters of Alice Hanley to Channing Lewis
Published on 30. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-55849-024-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work examines the collection of 27 letters written by a white woman to her African American lover in 1907 and 1908. The letters, which were hidden for over 80 years, provide a different perspective of American social history and are accompanied by essays which probe their larger meanings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
20 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55849-024-6 (9781558490246)
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Persons
HELEN LEFKOWITZ HOROWITZ teaches American studies and history at Smith College. Her books include Alma Mater and The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas. KATHY PEISS teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her latest book is Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture.