{"product_id":"invisible-founders-lynn-rainville-9781789202311","title":"Invisible Founders: How Two Centuries of African American Families Transformed a Plantation Into a College","description":"\u003cp\u003e Literal and metaphorical excavations at Sweet Briar College reveal how African American labor enabled the transformation of Sweet Briar Plantation into a private women's college in 1906. This volume tells the story of the invisible founders of a college founded by and for white women. Despite being built and maintained by African American families, the college did not integrate its student body for sixty years after it opened. In the process, \u003cem\u003eInvisible Founders\u003c\/em\u003e challenges our ideas of what a college \"founder\" is, restoring African American narratives to their deserved and central place in the story of a single institution - one that serves as a microcosm of the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Rainville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789202310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789202311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"Lynn Rainville","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989492859135,"sku":"9781789202311","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f2893e7-d244-4633-98dc-e56f4f59803f.jpg?v=1683299822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-founders-lynn-rainville-9781789202311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}