xxviii, 664 pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Part 1: The birthpangs of a world. Send me some of the children's hair ; Because she was my cousin ; Take root there or nowhere : I ; Take root there or nowhere : II ; Aunts and uncles and swap-dog kin ; Somebody knew my name ; To see his grand son Samuel die ; Taken from us by force -- Part 2: Deep as the rivers ; Let not man put asunder ; Like it was --Afterword -- Appendix A: Tables for Chapter 10 -- Appendix B: Black, Jewish, and Italian households in New York City in 1905 -- Appendix C: A brief note on late 19th century racial ideology.
