Doing Business With Beauty: Black Women, Hair Salons, and the Racial Enclave Economy

by Adia Harvey Wingfield and Adia Harvey Wingfield Washington University in St. Louis

Book Overview

Using in-depth interviews with hair salon owners, Doing Business with Beauty explores several facets of the business of owning a hair salon, including the process of becoming an owner, the dynamics of the owner-employee relationship, and the factors that steer black women to work in the hair industry. Harvey Wingfield examines the black female business owner's struggle for autonomy and success in entrepreneurship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742561178
• ISBN13: 9780742561175
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"