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Book Title: Choctaw Women In A Chaotic World: The Clash Of Cultures In T...
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Publication Name: Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World : the Clash of Cultures in the Colonial Southeast
Language: English
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
