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How the other half worships

by Camilo José Vergara

Combining 30 years of colour photography and interviews, this study explores how the urban poor in America adapt ordinary structures, such as garages and storefronts, into places of worship within the nation's most impoverished neighbourhoods.

Accession 12311 ISBN 9780813536828 Publisher Rutgers University Press
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