The New Black Middle Class in the Twenty-First Century

By Bart Landry

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813593972
• ISBN13: 9780813593975
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher