Black picket fences : privilege and peril among the Black middle class /

Black picket fences : privilege and peril among the Black middle class /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pattillo, Mary E.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Description:	xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions. African American youth -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions. African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Economic conditions. Middle class -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Economic conditions. African Americans -- Social conditions. Middle class. Race relations. Social conditions. Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions. Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations. Illinois -- Chicago.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 4 has original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4024535

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ISBN:	0226649288 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Black Middle Class: Who, When, and Where?
2. The Making of Groveland
3. Generations through a Changing Economy
4. Neighborhood Networks and Crime
5. Growing Up in Groveland
6. In a Ghetto Trance
7. Nike's Reign
8. William "Spider" Waters, Jr.: Straddling Two Worlds
9. Typical Terri Jones
Conclusion
Appendix A. Research Method
Appendix B. Groveland Neighborhood Characteristics
Notes
References
Index