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.
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.