Description |
1 online resource (xi, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Series |
Black Community Studies |
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Black community studies.
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Contents |
Background and antecedents -- Washington: capital of the colored aristocracy -- Aristocrats of color in the south -- The "upper tens" in the northeast -- Elites in the midwest and west -- The color factor -- The genteel performance -- Upper-class club life -- The education of the elite -- Churches of the aristocracy -- Aristocrats of color and Jim Crow -- Into the 1920s |
Summary |
Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the standard for the less fortunate members of their race and to lead their communities by example. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class of African Americans by looking at the genealogies and occupations of specific families and individuals throughout the United States and their roles in their various communities. -- from publisher description |
Notes |
Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1990 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-452) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Bruce, Josephine, 1853-1923.
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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898.
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SUBJECT |
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 fast |
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Bruce, Josephine, 1853-1923 fast |
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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African Americans -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- History -- 20th century
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Upper class -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Upper class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Social life and customs
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Upper class
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Elite
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United States
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Schwärze
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USA
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
00020351 |
ISBN |
9781610750257 |
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161075025X |
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