ISBN:
0195100786
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0195100786
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0585330883
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1280451750
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1602560846
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9780195100785
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9780585330884
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9781280451751
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9781602560840
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 251 pages)
DDC:
306.85/089/96073
Keywords:
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Reference
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African American families
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Fatherless families
;
Poverty
;
Single-parent families
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Eenoudergezinnen
;
Zwarten
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Geschichte
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African American families History
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Fatherless families History
;
Single-parent families History
;
Poverty
;
Familienstruktur
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Sozialer Wandel
;
Schwarze
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USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Familienstruktur
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Schwarze
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Slavery: A Reexamination of Its Impact; CHAPTER TWO: Sharecropping and the Rural Proletariat; CHAPTER THREE: The African-American Family in the Maternalistic Era; CHAPTER FOUR: The Arduous Transition to the Industrial North; CHAPTER FIVE: World War II and Its Aftermath; CHAPTER SIX: The Calm Before the Storm; CHAPTER SEVEN: The "Matriarchal" Black Family Under Siege; CHAPTER EIGHT: Family Composition and the "Underclass" Debate; CHAPTER NINE: Where Do We Go From Here?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R.
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This text analyzes the evolution of the contemporary African-American family from historical, cultural and social policy perspectives to show why marital ties have weakened among poor African-Americans and why mother-only families have increasingly become a normal feature of ghetto poverty
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