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UNINA9910826062003321 |
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Beeching Barbara |
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Hopes and expectations : the origins of the black middle class in Hartford, Connecticut / / Barbara J. Beeching |
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Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Connecticut - Hartford - Social conditions |
African Americans - Connecticut - Hartford - Economic conditions |
Middle class - Connecticut - Hartford - History |
Community life - Connecticut - Hartford - History |
African Americans - Connecticut - Hartford |
Hartford (Conn.) Economic conditions |
Hartford (Conn.) Race relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue -- 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. |
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