Knights of the razor [electronic resource] : black barbers in slavery and freedom / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.Description: x, 216 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 646.7/2408996073 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.B32 U6195 2009eb
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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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Includes 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.

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