Our kind of people : inside America's Black upper class / Lawrence Otis Graham.
Our kind of people : inside America's Black upper class / Lawrence Otis Graham.
Our kind of people : inside America's Black upper class / Lawrence Otis Graham.
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Publisher
New York : HarperCollins, c1999.
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N305.896073/28
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 418 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Origins of the Black Upper Class -- Ch. 2. Jack and Jill: Where Elite Black Kids Are Separated from the Rest -- Ch. 3. The Black Child Experience: The Right Cotillions, Camps, and Private Schools -- Ch. 4. Howard, Spelman, and Morehouse: Three Colleges That Count -- Ch. 5. The Right Frate...
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Publisher
New York : HarperCollins, c1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
Our Kind of People is the first book written about the insular world of the black upper class by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. A conservative network of families dating back to the first black millionaires of the 1880s, the black elite has developed in own rules for membership and for maintaining a place in a world that is unaware of it...
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Full title
Our kind of people : inside America's Black upper class / Lawrence Otis Graham.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c1999.
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Call Numbers
N305.896073/28
Record Identifier
74Vvz2AdBOQX
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ISBN
0060984384 (pbk)
9780060183523
0060183527
9780060984380 (pbk)
DDC
305.896073
MMS ID
991009271889702626
