MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01955cam a22004098i 4500
001 2015036648
003 DLC
005 20151216080711.0
008 151211s2016 nyu b s001 0deng
010 $a 2015036648
020 $a9781438461656 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781438461663 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ct
050 00 $aF104.H3$bB44 2016
082 00 $a305.896/07307463$223
100 1 $aBeeching, Barbara.
245 10 $aHopes and expectations :$bthe origins of the black middle class in Hartford, Connecticut /$cBarbara J. Beeching.
263 $a1610
264 1 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- Migrant of necessity -- Growing up with the community -- [1] Expectations rising -- Family life and racial turmoil -- Beyond uplift : a new spirit of resistance -- A black middle class takes shape in wartime -- [2] Expectations at work -- Nelson Primus : the artist in Boston -- Rebecca Primus : the teacher in Royal Oak -- Addie Brown : the working girl in Hartford -- [3] Expectations deferred -- Growth and decline -- Loss and persistence -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zConnecticut$zHartford$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zConnecticut$zHartford$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aMiddle class$zConnecticut$zHartford$xHistory.
650 0 $aCommunity life$zConnecticut$zHartford$xHistory.
600 10 $aPrimus, Nelson,$d1842-1916.
600 10 $aPrimus, Rebecca,$d1836-1932.
600 10 $aBrown, Addie.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zConnecticut$zHartford$vBiography.
651 0 $aHartford (Conn.)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aHartford (Conn.)$xRace relations.