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

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Bristol, Douglas Walter, 1965-

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ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.Description: x, 216 p. : illISBN:

9780801892837 (hbk. : alk. paper)
080189283X (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Electronic books.

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646.7/2408996073 22

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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.

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