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A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life
A Chosen Exile A History of Racial Passing in American Life
Author: Allyson Hobbs
Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. This revelatory history of passing explores the possibilities and challenges t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674368101
ISBN-10: 067436810X
Publication Date: 10/13/2014
Pages: 350
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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