| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 214 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; INTRODUCTION; A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; THE AUTHOR'S APPEAL; 1. My Debut; 2. England; 3. America; 4. Saratoga; 5. Leaving Saratoga -- Burning of the Baggage Car -- Visit to New York; 6. Newport -- The Maid's Story; 7. Minnie; 8. Natchez -- New Orleans; 9. Cincinnati; APPENDIX A: Biographical Information on Eliza Potter (1820?-1893); APPENDIX B: Newspaper Reviews of A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; Notes. |
| Summary |
Here is the first fully annotated edition of a landmark in early African American literature, the 1859 autobiography of Eliza Potter, a freeborn black woman who, as a hairdresser, was in a unique position to hear about, receive confidences from, and observe wealthy white women. Xiomara Santamarina provides an insightful introduction to this edition that includes newly discovered information about Potter, discusses the author's strong satirical voice and proud working-class status, and places the narrative in the context of 19th-century literature and history. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Potter, Eliza. Hairdresser's experience in high life.
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Potter, Eliza.
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Potter, Eliza. |
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Potter, Eliza. Hairdresser's experience in high life. |
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Potter, Eliza. |
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Potter, Eliza. |
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Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African Americans -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Ohio -- Cincinnati. |
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Beauty operators -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography.
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Beauty operators. |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865.
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Manners and customs. |
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1783-1865 |
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Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1783 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Santamarina, Xiomara.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Potter, Eliza. Hairdresser's experience in high life. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009018547 |
| ISBN |
9780807898666 (electronic book) |
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080789866X (electronic book) |
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9781469605319 (electronic book) |
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1469605317 (electronic book) |
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9780807833353 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807859827 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807833355 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807859826 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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