Race, social reform, and the making of a Black middle class
Subtitle: Atlanta, 1870-1900
By: Joseph O. Jewell.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.; Middle class -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century.; Social problems -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : race, class formation and social reform; title: "Open and urgent fields of labor" : the American Missionary Association : race, and social reform in the Black South; title: "Up from slavery" : structural and cultural foundations of Atlanta's Black middle class, 1870-1900; title: "Black ivy" : education, race, and class at Storrs Free School and Atlanta University; title: "From 'black sheep' to 'dusky shepherds'" : missionary religion and the making of a Black middle class elite; title: Conclusion : race, reform and re-making the middle class : a theoretical essay.