The new Black middle class in the twenty-first century /Bart Landry.

Landry, Bart,

The new Black middle class in the twenty-first century /Bart Landry. - New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark : Rutgers University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The new Black middle class and the demographics of the twenty-first century -- Suburbanization of the new Black middle class -- Changing neighborhoods -- Pick up the newspaper we're out of town -- Catch-22 -- Educating the new Black middle class -- From school to work -- Income and wealth -- The next generation -- Afterword : 2007 to the present -- Conclusion : The twenty-first century.

"Although past research on the African American community has focused primarily on issues of discrimination, segregation, and other forms of deprivation, there has always been some recognition of class diversity within the black population. The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century is a significant contribution to the continuing study of black middle class life. Sociologist Bart Landry examines the changes that have occurred since the publication of his now-classic The New Black Middle Class in the late 1980s, and conducts a comprehensive examination of black middle class American life in the early decades of the twenty-first century. Landry investigates the educational and occupational attainment, income and wealth, methods of child-rearing, community-building priorities, and residential settlement patterns of this growing yet still-understudied segment of the U.S. population."--Publisher information.



9780813593982


Middle class African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--21st century.


Electronic Books.

E185 / .N493 2018