Knights of the razor [electronic resource] : black barbers in slavery and freedom / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.
By: Bristol, Douglas Walter.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009Description: x, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): African American barbers -- History | Free African Americans -- History | African American businesspeople -- History | African American business enterprises -- History | United States -- Race relations -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 646.7/2408996073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of black barbers -- Becoming knights of the razor -- Caught between regional origins and the barber's trade -- Self-improvementand self-loathing before the war -- Defining the meaning of freedom -- From barbershops to boardrooms.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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