Mills, Quincy T., 1975-

Cutting along the color line : Black barbers and barber shops in America / Quincy T. Mills. - 1st ed. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013. - xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Barbering in slavery and freedom. Barbering for freedom in antebellum America -- The politicts of "color-line" barber shops after the civil war -- Race, regulation, and the modern barber shop -- Black barbers, patrons, and public spaces. Rise of the new Negro barber -- Bigger than a haircut: desgregation and the barber shop -- The culture and economy of modern Black barber shops.

9780812245417 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0812245415 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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1800 - 1999


African American barbers--History--19th century.
African American barbers--History--20th century.
Barbershops--History--United States--19th century.
Barbershops--History--United States--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.
African American barbers.
African American business enterprises.
African Americans--Race identity.
Barbershops.


United States.


History.

HD8039.B32 / U647 2013

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