African American families / Angela J. Hattery, Earl Smith.

By:

Hattery, Angela

Contributor(s):

Smith, Earl, 1946-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781452262390
145226239X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

306.85089/96073 22

LOC classification:

E185.86 .H38 2007

Other classification:

MS 1900

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Contents:

African American families : a brief introduction -- African American civil society : issues, approaches, demography, and theory -- Family formation, marriage rates, and cohabitation -- Childbearing and childrearing patterns -- Intimate partner violence -- HIV and other social and health issues -- Access to opportunity : educational attainment and occupational segregation -- Welfare and wealth -- African American males and the incarceration problem : not just confined to prison -- Conclusion : Solutions to a long-standing problem : race, class, and patriarchy in the 21st century.

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Summary: "Bravo to the authors! They have done an excellent job addressing the issues that are critical to community members, policy makers and interventionists concerned with Black families in the context of our nation."--Michael C. Lambert, University of Missouri, Colombia "African American Families is a timely work. The strength of this text lies in the depth of coverage, clarity, and the ability to combine secondary sources, statistics and qualitative data to reveal the plight of African Americans in society."--Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Winston-Salem State University.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index.

"Bravo to the authors! They have done an excellent job addressing the issues that are critical to community members, policy makers and interventionists concerned with Black families in the context of our nation."--Michael C. Lambert, University of Missouri, Colombia "African American Families is a timely work. The strength of this text lies in the depth of coverage, clarity, and the ability to combine secondary sources, statistics and qualitative data to reveal the plight of African Americans in society."--Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Winston-Salem State University.

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