The New Black Middle Class /

In this important new book, Bart Landry contributes significantly to the study of black American life and its social stratification and to the study of American middle class life in general.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Landry, Bart (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1987]
Edition:Reprint 2019.
Subjects:
Since 1975
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
Middle class > United States.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Classes moyennes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
African Americans > Social conditions
Middle class
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Middle-Class Blacks and the American Dream
  • 1. The Old Black Middle Class: Dilemma of Race in a Class Society
  • 2. The New Black Middle Class: Has Race Been Eclipsed?
  • 3. Moving On Up: At Last a Piece of the Pie
  • 4. How Big a Piece?
  • 5. Life in the Middle: In Pursuit of the American Dream
  • 6. Consumption: Where, What, and How Much
  • 7. Life Style: And the Living Is Easy, or Is It?
  • 8. The New Black Middle Class in the 1980s: Checking Its Vital Signs
  • Notes
  • Index

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