| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
308 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
A new age and a new generation -- Revising the racial contract -- Children of the dream -- From the hallowed halls of Harvard -- Fighters, dreamers, and believers -- Hostiles, neutrals, and allies -- Reaching across the generational divide -- A place to call home -- Jail, jobs, school, and hope -- The end of Black politics, reconsidered -- The future of civil rights -- Prejudice, equality, and our capacity for change -- Black Harvard MBAs share their rules for success. |
| Summary |
With his previous book, The Rage of a Privileged Class, the author offered a look at the simmering anger of the black middle class. Some sixteen years later, he has discovered this group is much less angry and even optimistic about its future, despite a flagging economy and a deeply divided body politic. In this new book he examines these new attitudes, the decline of black rage, as well as the demise of white guilt and the intergenerational shifts in how blacks and whites view and interact with each other. Weaving material from interviews and two large and ambitious surveys he offers a portrait of contemporary America, one that attempts to make sense of what a people do when the American dream, for some, is finally within reach, as one historical era ends and another begins. The book deals with race and class and is an exploration of how mores change from one generation to the next. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Anger -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Anger. (OCoLC)fst00808763
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Roman.
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Amerikanisches Englisch.
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Anger -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780061998553 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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0061998559 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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0061998567 (pbk.) |
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9780061998560 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
40019508943 |
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