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African beginnings / by Olivia Vlahos. Illustrated by George Ford.
LIBRA - Rare DT20 .V53 1972 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vlahos, Olivia.
- Series:
- Fawcett premier book
- A Fawcett Premier book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Africa--History--Juvenile literature.
- Africa.
- Africa--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- Genre:
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1972.
- Summary:
- A cultural history of Africa as determined by the work of archaeologists and anthropologists.
- Contents:
- Part I. Ancient History
- Part II. Kingdoms Below the Desert
- Part III. In the Bosom of the Family
- Part IV. The In-Betweens
- Part V. The Arabs in Africa.
- Notes:
- Originally published in hardcover in 1967 by The Viking Press, Inc."
- "April 1972"
- "Fawcett World Library"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 044900557
- OCLC:
- 485844
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