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Table of Contents of
Black Corporate Executives: The Making and Breaking of a Black Middle Class

by
Sharon M. Collins

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CONTENTS


   Tables and Figures                                     ix

   Preface                                                xi

   Acknowledgments                                        xv

1  The Controversy over Race and Class                     1

2  A Politically Mediated Opportunity Structure           17

3  Racialized Services in the Workplace                   29

4  Tan Territories, Urban Upheaval, and the New
     Black Professionals                                  45

5  Race Tracks and Mainstream Careers                     73

6  Peacekeepers, Crisis Managers, and Conciliators        99

7  Blacks on the Bubble                                  119

8  A Rash of Pessimism                                   137

9  Bursting the Bubble: The Failure of Black Progress    155

   Notes                                                 169

   References                                            173

   Index                                                 185



TABLES AND FIGURES


   Tables

1  Black and White Professionals, Administrators,
   and Officials: 1978                                    33
2  Nontraditional Black Firms in Racialized and
   General Services                                       40
3  Reports of Job Changes by Job Type                    121
4  Reports of Job Changes by Racialized Job Type         126
5  Characteristics of Exiting Executives                 134


   Figures

1  Changes in Employmentby Race: 1960-1970                 4
2  Changes in Employment by Race: 1970-1980                5
3  Federal Minority Procurement: 1969-1980                22

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