Black Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier (Paperback)

Black Bourgeoisie is E. Franklin Frazier's classic study of the Black middle class, first published in 1957. Frazier examines the origins and growth of this class and analyzes its behavior, attitudes and values during the 1940s and 1950s, tracing its path from the segregated South to the postwar North. Both praised and criticized on its release, the book remains an influential and provocative work of American sociology.