“The best people”: The Making of the Black Bourgeoisie in Writings of the Negro Renaissance

Pamela Caughie

doi:10.1353/mod.2013.0064

“The best people”: The Making of the Black Bourgeoisie in Writings of the Negro Renaissance

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Original language	American English
Journal	Modernism/modernity
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/mod.2013.0064
State	Published - Sep 2013

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English Language and Literature
Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority

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