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Gullah People and Their African Heritage

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ISBN-10: 0820327832

ISBN-13: 9780820327839

Edition: 1999

Authors: William S. Pollitzer, David Moltke-Hansen

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The Gullah people are one of our most distinctive cultural groups. Isolated off the South Carolina--Georgia coast for nearly three centuries, the native black population of the Sea Islands has developed a vibrant way of life that remains, in many ways, as African as it is American. This volume tells a multifaceted story of this venerable society, emphasizing its roots in Africa, its unique imprint on America, and current threats to its survival. William S. Pollitzer discusses aspects of Gullah history and culture such as language, religion, family and social relationships, music, folklore, trades and skills, and arts and crafts. Pollitzer also presents a wealth of biological data that not…    
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Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 12/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

William S. Pollitzer was a professor emeritus of anatomy and anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. A past president of both the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the Human Biology Council, Pollitzer published almost one hundred articles, most of them dealing with Indian, African American, or triracial populations and their history and admixture.

David Moltke-Hansen is the former head of the South Carolina Historical Society, the Southern Historical Collection, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and served as the founding director of the digital William Gilmore Simms Initiatives of the University of South Carolina. He has edited History and Women, Culture and Faith: Selected Writings of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Volume 3. Intersections: History, Culture, Ideology and William Gilmore Simms's Unfinished Civil War: Consequences for a Southern Man of Letters.