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1 online resource (xxii, 161 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in African American history and culture
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Studies in African American history and culture.
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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. |
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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. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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African Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Social conditions. |
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Social change -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Social change. |
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Middle class -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Middle class. |
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African American professional employees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews.
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African American professional employees. |
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Interviews.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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National Book Committee. |
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Biographies.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Interviews.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Prince, Sabiyha, 1959- Constructing belonging. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415947316 (DLC) 2003012742 (OCoLC)52509400 |
ISBN |
0203493915 (electronic book) |
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9780203493915 (electronic book) |
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0415947316 (Cloth) |
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