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Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bristol, Douglas Walter, Jr., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American barbers--History.
- African American barbers.
- Free African Americans--History.
- Free African Americans.
- African American businesspeople--History.
- African American businesspeople.
- African American business enterprises--History.
- African American business enterprises.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801898303
- 0801898307
- OCLC:
- 593325449
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