Constructing Belonging: Class, Race, and Harlem's Professional Workers

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 15
CONSTRUCTING BELONGING......Page 20
CHAPTER ONE  Getting It Done......Page 21
EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION......Page 31
COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL SLAVERY IN MANHATTAN......Page 33
FREE LABOR ON THE MOVE......Page 35
TRANSFORMATIONS IN HARLEM’S ECONOMIC AND RACIAL LANDSCAPE......Page 36
HARLEM DURING THE WAR YEARS AND AFTER......Page 39
THE NEW AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL-MANAGERIAL STRATUM......Page 40
CONTEMPORARY LIFE IN CENTRAL AND WEST HARLEM......Page 42
CHAPTER THREE  Locating Class and Race in Anthropology and History......Page 46
RACE (AND CLASS?) IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES......Page 50
DEBATES AND DEPICTIONS OF BLACK SOCIAL STRATIFICATION......Page 51
THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS IN THE 1990s......Page 56
DR. CYNTHIA JOHN......Page 59
CAROLYN STRICKLAND......Page 62
LOUISA MAE CAMPBELL......Page 63
BRENDA GREEN......Page 65
LASHANDRA HASKINS......Page 67
EUGENIA HASKINS......Page 68
LUWINDA CHARLES......Page 69
CRAIG SKYERS......Page 70
MERCY MCNAIR......Page 71
JADA PINCHOT......Page 72
EVE IRONS......Page 73
JOHNETTA BUTLER......Page 74
SARAH GOINGS......Page 75
LINKING WORK, INCOME, AND WEALTH......Page 77
EVE AND ANTHONY IRONS......Page 78
KAETLIN TYSON......Page 79
EUGENIA HASKINS......Page 80
EMPLOYMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR......Page 82
EMPLOYMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR......Page 87
PATTERNS OF SELF EMPLOYMENT......Page 89
PMW AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP......Page 91
PMW AND STRATEGIC NETWORKS......Page 93
RACISM AND IDEOLOGY......Page 98
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, AESTHETICS AND IDEOLOGY......Page 101
MOBILITY AND IDEOLOGY......Page 104
LEISURE AND IDEOLOGY......Page 105
PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND IDEOLOGY......Page 107
SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES......Page 110
CHAPTER EIGHT  Negotiating Difference in Community Life......Page 117
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY......Page 122
CHAPTER NINE  Class, History, Race, and Identity......Page 129
BREAKS AND CONTINUITIES BETWEEN THE PRESENT AND THE PAST......Page 130
CONSTRUCTING BELONGING AND NEGOTIATING DIFFERENCE......Page 132
Notes......Page 137
Bibliography......Page 139
Index of Names......Page 147
Index of Subjects......Page 151