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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806001203321

Autore

Parker Traci

Titolo

Department stores and the black freedom movement : workers, consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s / / Traci Parker [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-4696-4869-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

North Carolina scholarship online

Disciplina

323.11960730904

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Department stores - United States - History - 20th century

African American white collar workers - History - 20th century

African American consumers - Political activity - History - 20th century

Middle class African Americans - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores, and broadens our understanding of historical transformations in African American class and labour formation.