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BL
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971521
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b725891
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| Main Entry
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Willett, Julie A.
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| Title & Author
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Permanent waves : : the making of the American beauty shop /\ Julie A. Willett.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, ©2000.
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1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0585480451
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: 1479867586
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: 9780585480459
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: 9781479867585
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Getting to the Roots of the Industry; 2. Beauty School Promises and Shop Floor Practices; 3. Blue Eagles, Neighborhood Shops, and the Making of a Profession; 4. "Growing Faster Than the Dark Roots on a Platinum Blonde": The Golden Years of the Neighborhood Shop; 5. Afros, Cornrows, and Jesus Hair: Corporate America, the Ethnic Market, and the Struggle over Professionalism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
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| Abstract
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Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate con.
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Beauty shops-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Beauty shops-- United States-- History.
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Anatomy.
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Beauty Culture.
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Hair.
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History, 20th Century.
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History, Modern 1601-.
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History.
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Humanities.
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Industry.
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Integumentary System.
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Named Groups.
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Persons.
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Technology, Industry, Agriculture.
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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture.
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Women.
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Art, Architecture Applied Arts.
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Arts Crafts.
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Beauty shops-- Social aspects.
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Beauty shops.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Beauty Culture-- United States-- History.
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Hair-- United States.
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History, 20th Century-- United States.
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Women-- United States-- History.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4
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| LC Classification
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TT957.W54 2000eb
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| NLM classification
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TT 957W713p 2000
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