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Cooking in other women's kitchens domestic workers in the South, 1865-1960

Title
Cooking in other women's kitchens [electronic resource] : domestic workers in the South, 1865-1960 / Rebecca Sharpless.
Author
Sharpless, Rebecca.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xxix, 273 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Uniform Title
  • Cooking in other women's kitchens (Online)
  • John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Alternative Title
Cooking in other women's kitchens (Online)
Subject
  • African American women household employees > Southern States > History
  • Women cooks > Southern States > Social conditions
  • African American women > Southern States > Social conditions
  • Southern States > Race relations > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
I done decided I'd get me a cook job: becoming a cook -- From collards to puff pastry: the food -- Long hours and little pay: compensation and workers' resistance -- Creating a homeplace: shelter, food, clothing, and a little fun -- Mama leaps off the pancake box: cooks and their families -- Gendering Jim Crow: relationships with employers -- If I ever catch you in a white woman's kitchen, I'll kill you: expanding opportunities and the decline of domestic work.
LCCN
2010015805
OCLC
ssj0000414910
Author
Sharpless, Rebecca.
Title
Cooking in other women's kitchens [electronic resource] : domestic workers in the South, 1865-1960 / Rebecca Sharpless.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Series
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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