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Drawing on the black ethnographic tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois and Zora Neale Hurston, Clerge focuses on black middle-class residents of two New York City suburbs-Cascades, a majority black in-city suburb, and Great Park, a multiethnic, multiracial community in predominantly white Nassau County-to demonstrate the complexity of their lives. The book traces migrants from the US South, Haiti, and Jamaica, recounting their specific cultures, social classes, and experiences with slavery and white supremacy. . . . This well-researched and well-written book is an important study, accessible to general and academic audiences. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *

"""Drawing on the black ethnographic tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois and Zora Neale Hurston, Clergé focuses on black middle-class residents of two New York City suburbs—Cascades, a majority black in-city suburb, and Great Park, a multiethnic, multiracial community in predominantly white Nassau County—to demonstrate the complexity of their lives. The book traces migrants from the US South, Haiti, and Jamaica, recounting their specific cultures, social classes, and experiences with slavery and white supremacy. . . . This well-researched and well-written book is an important study, accessible to general and academic audiences. Highly recommended."" * CHOICE *"

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Orly Clerge is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. She is coeditor of Stories from the Front of the Room: How Higher Education Faculty Overcome Challenges and Thrive in the Academy.

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