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020			_a9781469611785
020			_a1469611783
020			_z9781469608754 (hardback)
020			_z1469608758
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050	0	0	_aF264.N5 _bB56 2013
082	0	0	_a305.896/0730756192 _223
100	1		_aBishir, Catherine W.
245	1	0	_aCrafting lives _h[electronic resource] : _bAfrican American artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900 / _cCatherine W. Bishir.
260			_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV). _2bisacsh
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zNorth Carolina _zNew Bern _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aArtisans _zNorth Carolina _zNew Bern _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAfrican American artisans _zNew Bern _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aNew Bern (N.C.) _xHistory _y19th century.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781469611785/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33465 _d33465