| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xxx, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I : Historical and theoretical conceptualizations of African American families. African American families: a historical note / John Hope Franklin -- African American families and family values / Niara Sudarkasa -- Old-time religion: benches can't say 'amen' / William Harrison Pipes -- Conceptualizations of African American families / Jualynne Elizabeth Dodson -- African American family life: an instrument of culture / Wade W. Nobles -- Three decades of black family empirical research: challenges for the 21st century / Leanor Boulin Johnson. |
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Part II : Family patterns: economics and social mobility. Demographic pictures of African American families / Paul C. Glick -- Upward mobility across generations in African American families / Harriette Pipes McAdoo. |
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Part III : Socialization within African American families. Historical note: parenting of young children in Black families / Marie Ferguson Peters -- The Roles of African American fathers in the socialization of their children / John L. McAdoo -- Supportive roles of significant others in African American families / Wilhelmina Manns -- Out there stranded? Black families in white communities / Beverly Daniel Tatum -- African American Education: a cultural-ecological perspective / John U. Ogbu -- Family, socialization environment, and identity development in Black Americans / James S. Jackson, Wayne R. McCullough, Gerald Gurin. |
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Part IV : Gender relations within African American communities. An Overview of race and marital status / Robert Staples -- The Black search for love and devotion: facing the future against all odds / Audrey B. Chapman -- Values regarding marriage and the family from a woman's perspective / Jerold Heiss -- Contraception: practices and attitudes in the Black community / Algea Othella Harrison. |
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Part V : Advocacy and family policies for African American families. An Advocacy agenda for Black families and children / Marian Wright Edelman -- Social families among African Americans: policy implications for children / Rose Merry Rivers, John Scanzoni -- Social welfare policies and African American families / Robert B. Hill. |
| Subject |
African American families.
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| Added Author |
McAdoo, Harriette Pipes.
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| ISBN |
0803955731 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0803955723 (acid-free paper) |
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