To Know Tobacco: Southern Identity in China in the Jim Crow Era

[...]the British and American employees of bat met employees of scores of other companies from many western countries. [...]she asked Kate to be detailed in her instructions: "I have a general idea how they are made, and think I could make them myself after a few trials, but it is so much better to have reliable and explicit directions to give these Chinese cooks for a new dish. [...]white women constructed roles and identities in direct relationship to African American women's position in the home. [...]Gregory initially encountered great difficulty in asserting her role as household manager, for her husband's head servant, called the "number one boy," had held that role.