The Black professional middle class : race, class, and community in the post-civil rights era / Eric S. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Eric Semington.

Series:

Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 8.

Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class African Americans--Social conditions.

Middle class African Americans--California--Oakland--Social conditions.

African Americans in the professions.

African Americans in the professions--California--Oakland.

Middle class African Americans.

Social conditions.

California--Oakland.

Physical Description:

xiii, 201 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Contents:

The Black middle class: from the declining significance of race to racialized class formation

The growth and transformation of the Black community in Oakland: 1852-1965

Swimming in the mainstream: racialized class formation and the Black professional middle class since the civil rights era

Black to black: "traditional" professionals and segregated clientele

The Black professional middle class and the Black community

The Black professional middle class and racialized class politics: the rise, fall, and reprise of a Black urban regime in Oakland

Conclusion: social policy and the Black professional middle class.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415657846

0415657849

OCLC:

838201578