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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826062003321

Autore

Beeching Barbara

Titolo

Hopes and expectations : the origins of the black middle class in Hartford, Connecticut / / Barbara J. Beeching

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4384-6166-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

305.89607307463

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.