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June 7, 2012 | History

Hortense Powdermaker

1903 - 1970

7 works Add another?

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Life in Lesu
5 editions - first published in 1933
After freedom
5 editions - first published in 1939 Borrow
Hollywood, the dream factory
4 editions - first published in 1950
Probing our prejudices
3 editions - first published in 1944
Copper town
2 editions - first published in 1962
Stranger and friend
2 editions - first published in 1966 DAISY
Copper town: changing Africa
1 edition - first published in 1973

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Subjects

Social conditions, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Social life and customs, Urbanization, African Americans, Afro-Americans, Case studies, Education, Ethnology, In library, Luanshya (Zambia), Melanesians, Motion picture industry, Motion pictures, Prejudices, Race relations, Social aspects of Motion picture industry, Sociology

Places

Luanshya, Luanshya (Zambia), United States, Zambia, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Indianola, Indianola (Miss.), Lesu, New Ireland (Island), Lesu, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Mississippi, New Ireland, New Ireland (Island), Papua New Guinea

Time

To 1964

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History Created April 1, 2008 · 3 revisions
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June 7, 2012	Edited by VacuumBot	Removed period from death date
August 22, 2008	Edited by RenameBot	fix author name
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

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