Knights of the razor
Subtitle: black barbers in slavery and freedom
By: Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801892837
Subjects: African American barbers -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of black barbers; title: Becoming knights of the razor; title: Caught between regional origins & the barber's trade; title: Self-improvement, self-loathing & sectional conflict; title: Defining the meaning of freedom; title: From barbershops to boardrooms.