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Author:
Frazier, Edward Franklin 1894-1962  Search this
Physical description:
264 pages 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1957
[1957]
To 1964
1960-1980
Notes:
NMAFREF copy 39088018746081 signed by author.
NMAFREF copy 39088018746081 gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
Contents:
Preface to the Collier Books Edition -- Introduction-Negro Slavery and the Plantation -- The Impact of Western Civilization -- A Nation within a Nation? -- Purpose of the Present Study
Part 1: The World of Reality -- 1.1 The Roots of the Black Bourgeoisie -- 1.2: The Economic Basis of Middle Class Status -- 1.3: Education of the black Bourgeoisies -- 1.4: Power and Political Orientation -- 1.5: Break with the Traditional Background1.6: Inferiority Complex and Quest for Status
Part 2: The World of Make-Believe -- 2.7: Negro Business: A Social Myth -- 2.8-The Negro Press and Wish-Fulfillment -- 2.9-"Society" Status without Substance -- 2.10: Behind the Masks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Topic:
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Middle class  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1063016