Department Stores And The Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, And Civil Rights From The 1930S To The 1980S

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. The book highlights the department store as a key site for the inception of a modern black middle class.

• | By (Author): Traci Parker
• | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 08, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1469648660
• | ISBN-13: 9781469648668