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Americans : A Collision of Histories
Overview
This book began with a chance encounter. On a summer evening late in the 1980s a young black man stopped me to ask for directions in the English town where I used to live. That was no surprise. Asian, African, Afro-Caribbean, black British, and white people all lived in the neighborhood. His speech, however was American, and I was delighted to hear it. I speak American too, despite my long time overseas, and he was just as glad to hear me.
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- ISBN-13: 9780809015986
- ISBN-10: 0809015986
- Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
- Publish Date: April 1997
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 324
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