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Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom
Title
Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.
ISBN
9780801892837 (hbk. : alk. paper)
080189283X (hbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
x, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 11, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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