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Department stores and the black freedom movement : workers, consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s
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In this text, Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores, and broadens our understanding of historical transformations ...
In this text, Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores, and broadens our understanding of historical transformations in African American class and labour formation.
Details
- Creator
- Traci Parker
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- ISBNs
- 9781469648699, 1469648695, 1469648679
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
- Department stores -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- African American white collar workers -- History -- 20th century.
- African American consumers -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.
- Middle class African Americans -- History -- 20th century.