Title Knights of the razor : black barbers in slavery and freedom / Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.

Publication Info.	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (x, 216 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject	African American barbers -- History.
	African American barbers.
	History.
	Free African Americans -- History.
	Free African Americans.
	African American businesspeople -- History.
	African American businesspeople.
	African American business enterprises -- History.
	African American business enterprises.
	United States -- Race relations -- History.
	United States.
	Race relations.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Bristol, Douglas Walter, 1965- Knights of the razor. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2009 9780801892837 (DLC) 2008052303 (OCoLC)281093412
ISBN	9780801898303 (electronic book)
	0801898307 (electronic book)
	9780801892837 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	080189283X (hardback ; alkaline paper)