Black picket fences : privilege and peril among the Black middle class / Mary Pattillo-McCoy.

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"Black Picket Fences is a stark, moving, and candid look at a section of America that is too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. After living for three years in "Groveland," a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, sociologist Mary Pattillo-McCoy w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pattillo, Mary E.
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Subjects:	African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions. African American youth > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Economic conditions. Middle class > Illinois > Chicago. Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

The Black Middle Class: Who, When, and Where? 13(18) The Making of Groveland 31(13) Generations through a Changing Economy 44(24) Neighborhood Networks and Crime 68(23) Growing Up in Groveland 91(26) In a Ghetto Trance 117(29) Nike's Reign 146(21) William S̀̀pider'' Waters, Jr.: Straddling Two Worlds 167(19) Typical Terri Jones 186(15) Conclusion 201(18) Appendix A: Research Method 219(7) Appendix B: Groveland Neighborhood Characteristics.