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Book SynopsisExplores middle-class blacks who live in suburbs where poor blacks are not present. This book examines the sense of identity that individuals in these groups craft to manage their interactions with lower-class blacks, middle-class whites, and other middle-class blacks as they seek to reap the benefits of their middle-class status.
Trade Review"An important contribution to research on the black middle-class... Rigorous analysis of black middle-class suburban identity." Journal Of Sociology "Offers a tremendously important contribution to scholarship on contemporary Black life and social class issues in America." Journal Of Marriage & Family
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Defining the Post-Integration Black Middle Classes 2. Social Organization in Washington's Suburbia 3. Public Identities: Managing Race in Public Spaces 4. Status-Based Identities: Protecting and Reproducing Middle-Class Status 5. Race- and Class-Based Identities: Strategic Assimilation in Middle-Class Suburbia 6. Suburban Identities: Building Alliances with Neighbors Conclusion Appendix: A Recipe for Studying the Black Middle Class Notes References
