Knights of the Razor : : Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom
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Call Number: Black Studies 646.724 Br
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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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.
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PUBLISHED
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: x, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780801892837
080189283X
SUBJECTS
African American barbers -- History.
Free African Americans -- History.
African American businesspeople -- History.
African American business enterprises -- History.
United States -- History.