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Cutting along the color line : Black barbers and barber shops in America /

Today, black-owned barber shops play a central role in African American public life. The intimacy of commercial grooming encourages both confidentiality and camaraderie, which make the barber shop an important gathering place for African American men to talk freely. But for many years preceding and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, Quincy T., 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
African American barbers > History > 19th century.
African American barbers > History > 20th century.
Barbershops > United States > History > 19th century.
Barbershops > United States > History > 20th century.
African American business enterprises > History > 19th century.
African American business enterprises > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Race identity > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Race identity > History > 20th century.

Evans: Library Stacks

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