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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456372203321

Autore

Potter Eliza

Titolo

A hairdresser's experience in high life [[electronic resource] /] / Eliza Potter ; edited and with an introduction by Xiomara Santamarina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2009

ISBN

1-4696-0531-7

0-8078-9866-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SantamarinaXiomara

Disciplina

973.6/092

B

Soggetti

Women - United States - History - 19th century

African Americans - Ohio - Cincinnati

Beauty operators - Ohio - Cincinnati

Electronic books.

United States Social life and customs 1783-1865

Cincinnati (Ohio) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; INTRODUCTION; A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; THE AUTHOR'S APPEAL; 1. My Debut; 2. England; 3. America; 4. Saratoga; 5. Leaving Saratoga-Burning of the Baggage Car-Visit to New York; 6. Newport-The Maid's Story; 7. Minnie; 8. Natchez-New Orleans; 9. Cincinnati; APPENDIX A: Biographical Information on Eliza Potter (1820?-1893); APPENDIX B: Newspaper Reviews of A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Hairdresser's Experience in High Life