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Author Prince, Sabiyha, 1959-

Title Constructing belonging : class, race, and Harlem's professional workers / Sabiyha Prince.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 161 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in African American history and culture
Studies in African American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and indexes.
Contents Chapter CONSTRUCTING BELONGING -- chapter 1 Getting It Done -- chapter 2 Harlem in the Making -- chapter 3 Locating Class and Race in Anthropology and History -- chapter 4 Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Artists -- chapter 5 Work, Income, Wealth, and Resources -- chapter 6 Ideology, Consumption, and Lifestyle -- chapter 7 Negotiating Difference in Kin Networks -- chapter 8 Negotiating Difference in Community Life -- chapter 9 Class, History, Race, and Identity.
Summary Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the everyday lives of black professionals to determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle.
Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-managerial workers. It begins by considering centuries of New York City history and the structural elements of class inequality to present readers with the larger context of contemporary events. The primary objective of this study is to examine the everyday lives of black professionals in Harlem and determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle, among other factors. Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-managerial workers. It begins by considering centuries of New York City history and the structural elements of class inequality to present readers with the larger context of contemporary events. The primary objective of this study is to examine the everyday lives of black professionals in Harlem and determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle, among other factors.
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Subject African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
African Americans.
New York (State) -- New York.
Social conditions.
Social change -- New York (State) -- New York.
Social change.
Middle class -- New York (State) -- New York.
Middle class.
African American professional employees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews.
African American professional employees.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Subject Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
National Book Committee.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations.
New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Interviews.
Other Form: Print version: Prince, Sabiyha, 1959- Constructing belonging. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415947316 (DLC) 2003012742 (OCoLC)52509400
ISBN 0203493915 (electronic book)
9780203493915 (electronic book)
0415947316 (Cloth)