Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922 (Documentary Arts and Culture, Published in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) by Sartor, Margaret; Harris, Alex

The University of North Carolina Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2019. Hardcover. 1469648318 . Binding well intact. Pages bright and glossy and unmarked. Cover clean and well intact, with only minor dents at top corners. Dust jacket bright and clean, minor wear along top edge. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis. ; Documentary Arts And Culture, Published In Association With The Center For Documentary Studies At Duke University; 10.25 X 1 X 10.25 inches; 184 pages .

The University of North Carolina Press, 2019-02-04. Illustrated. hardcover. Used: Good.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2019-02-03. hardcover. New. 10x1x10. Brand New Book

The University of North Carolina Press, 2019-02-04. Illustrated. hardcover. Used:Good.

First edition hardcover, which is in fine condition and is signed and inscribed by both authors. Dust jacket has signs of shelf wear and book has been bumped in one corner (see photos). Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary studios a clientele that was both racially and economically diverse. After his death in 1922, his glass plate negatives remained stored in his darkroom, a tobacco barn, for fifty years. Slated for demolition in the 1970s, the barn was saved at the last moment--and with it, this surprising and unparalleled document of life at the turn of the twentieth century, a turbulent time in the history of the American South.Hugh Mangum's multiple-image,… Read More

University of North Carolina Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2019. Hardcover. New. 166 pages. 10.25x10.25x1.00 inches.

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2019. Hardcover. New. 166 pages. 10.25x10.25x1.00 inches.