Cooking in other women's kitchens : domestic workers in the South, 1865-1960 / Rebecca Sharpless.

Author/creator Sharpless, Rebecca
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxxix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. ^A413403
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.
Local noteLittle--305131060113O
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010015805
ISBN9780807834329 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834327 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HD6072.2.U52 S574 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold