Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
- ISBN-10
- 1538117282
- ISBN-13
- 9781538117286
- Category
- African American theater
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
- Author
- Anthony D. Hill
Description
"Contains a chronology, introduction, list of acronyms and abbreviations, in-depth chronology, appendixes, and more than 700 cross-references dictionary entries on African American theater"--
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- 2009
- 542 pages
- Paperback
- Historical Dictionaries of Lit
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