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Explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. This book remains a study of a group still under represented in the academic and public spheres.

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"This sensitive account of a Chicago South Side neighborhood and its residents gives readers an insiders' view of the community, bringing the issues and challenges that confront the black middle class to the forefront." (Black Enterprise) "An insightful look at the socioeconomic experiences of the black middle class.... Through the prism of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, the author shows the distinctly different reality middle-class blacks face as opposed to middle-class whites." (Ebony)"

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    A Paperback / softback by Mary Pattillo, Annette Lareau

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 02/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780226021195, 978-0226021195
      ISBN10: 022602119X
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. This book remains a study of a group still under represented in the academic and public spheres.

      Trade Review
      "This sensitive account of a Chicago South Side neighborhood and its residents gives readers an insiders' view of the community, bringing the issues and challenges that confront the black middle class to the forefront." (Black Enterprise) "An insightful look at the socioeconomic experiences of the black middle class.... Through the prism of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, the author shows the distinctly different reality middle-class blacks face as opposed to middle-class whites." (Ebony)"

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