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Ensuring inequality : the structural transformation of the African-American family /

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This revised edition of an award-winning book expands and updates the nuanced historical perspective used in the first edition to understand African American family patterns. The result is a well-documented narrative that challenges conventional understanding of the continuing plight of African Amer...

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Main Authors: Franklin, Donna L. (Author), James, Angela (Angela D.) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
African American families > History.
Fatherless families > United States > History.
Single-parent families > United States > History.
Poverty > United States.
Familles noires américaines > Histoire.
Familles sans père > États-Unis > Histoire.
Familles monoparentales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
African American families
Fatherless families
Poverty
Single-parent families
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This revised edition of an award-winning book expands and updates the nuanced historical perspective used in the first edition to understand African American family patterns. The result is a well-documented narrative that challenges conventional understanding of the continuing plight of African American families. The book traces the evolution of the black family from slavery to the present, showing the cumulative effects of centuries of historical change.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195356519
0195356519
0190254181
9780190254186
0199374872
9780199374878