Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Bristol Douglas Walter, Jr., <1965->
|
| Titolo: |
Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr
|
| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 646.7/2408996073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African American barbers - History |
| Free African Americans - History | |
| African American businesspeople - History | |
| African American business enterprises - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations History |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | They advocated economic independence from whites and founded insurance companies that became some of the largest black-owned corporations. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Knights of the razor |
| ISBN: | 9780801898303 |
| 0801898307 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910959002503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |