{"product_id":"cutting-along-the-color-line-9780812223798","title":"Cutting Along the Color Line","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCutting Along the Color Line chronicles the cultural history of barber shops as businesses and civic institutions, demonstrating their central role in civil rights struggles throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eCutting Along the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e, Quincy Mills offers an unprecedented assessment of the complexities of black barbers and barbershops in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America.\" * N.D.B. Connolly in \u003ci\u003eEnterprise \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Quincy T. Mills's important book provides fascinating insight into the history of African American barbers. He vividly captures their culture, traditions, and perseverance to succeed against tremendous odds. A brilliant overview of this prestigious tradition.\" * Zariff, barber to President Barack Obama *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCutting Along the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular achievement. Quincy Mills has taken a familiar institution, the neighborhood barbershop, and revealed an unknown history that utterly transforms our understanding of what we thought it was. Unpacking the economic, social, cultural, and political history of black barbering from slavery to the present contributes new insights to African American studies, American history, and black masculinities. \u003ci\u003eCutting Along the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e will have a permanent place on my syllabus.\" * Melissa Harris-Perry, Professor of Political Science at Tulane University and host of MSNBC's \u003ci\u003eMelissa Harris-Perry\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCutting Along the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and illuminating study of the role of barbers and barbershops in African American life. Through meticulous research and nuanced historical analysis, Quincy T. Mills vividly depicts how barbers navigated Jim Crow segregation in ways that were sophisticated as well as politically and culturally powerful. This imaginative book deeply enriches our understanding of how African American entrepreneurs were critical agents in the fight for racial equality.\" * Suzanne E. Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eTo Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. BARBERING IN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Barbering for Freedom in Antebellum America\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Politics of \"Color-Line\" Barber Shops After the Civil War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Race, Regulation, and the Modern Barber Shop\u003cbr\u003e PART II. BLACK BARBERS, PATRONS, AND PUBLIC SPACES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Rise of the New Negro Barber\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Bigger Than a Haircut: Desegregation and the Barber Shop\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Culture and Economy of Modern Black Barber Shops\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405704601943,"sku":"9780812223798","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812223798.jpg?v=1730493340","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cutting-along-the-color-line-9780812223798","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}