“You are a part of all of us”: Black department store employees in Jim Crow Richmond

Journal of Historical Research in Marketing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-129

  Kreydatus, Beth ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blue collar workers; Department stores; History; Race relations; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871176505     PISSN: 1755750X     EISSN: 17557518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17557501011016280     Document Type: Article

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