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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Endorsement; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Socio-Historical Unshackling of African-American Relationships; Black Immigration and Assimilation; A Few Words on Social Class; The Contemporary Black Marriage Study; Notes; Chapter 2 A Long View of Black Marriage; Pre-Colonial Africa; Slavery in America (1526â#x80;#x93;1865); Reconstruction (1863â#x80;#x93;1877); The Transition â#x80;#x9C;Up Northâ#x80;#x9D; (1910â#x80;#x93;1970)38; Black Marriage, Social Policy, and the Welfare State; The Modern Era of Black Marriage: Into the Twenty-First Century |
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NotesChapter 3 Black Marital Beginnings; Finding Each Other5; The Dating Phase; The Transition to Marriage; Budding Black Relationships; Notes; Chapter 4 Men and Women, Husbands and Wives: New Perspectives on Egalitarianism; Marriage, Race, and Employment; Egalitarian Values and Practice; Conservative Values in Black and White; Immigrants and Married Life in America; A Spectrum of â#x80;#x89;Values and Practices; Notes; Chapter 5 Contemporary Black Marriage and Parenting; Marriage and Childbearing; Good Parents â#x80;¦ and Bad Ones; Identity, Structure, and Parenting; Notes |
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Chapter 6 Is Marriage for Black People?: Ethnic Perceptions of Blacks and the Institution of MarriageIs the Institution of Marriage for Black People?; The Media; Labor and Economics; Religion; (In)Visibility Blues; Notes; Chapter 7 Sex, Money, and Beyond: Conflict in Contemporary Black Marriages; Marital Conflict; A Social Policy Approach to Healthy Marriage; Conflict among the Contemporary Black Marriage Study Couples; Making Marriages Healthy; Notes; Chapter 8 A New Lens on Black Marriage; Marriageâ#x80;#x99;s Place in the Life Course; Race, Immigrants, and Reasons to Marry |
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Policy, â#x80;#x89;Values, and Healthy MarriageThe End of the Beginning; Notes; Appendix A: The Study Couples; Appendix B: Contemporary Black Marriage Study Research Methodology; Notes; Appendix C: Interview Field Guide: The Contemporary Black Marriage Study McDonald and Cross-Barnet; Author index; Subject index |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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African American couples.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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Marriage -- United States.
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Married people -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African American couples
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Marriage
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Married people
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cross-Barnet, Caitlin, author
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| ISBN |
9781351018166 |
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1351018167 |
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9781351018173 |
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1351018175 |
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9781351018159 |
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1351018159 |
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9781351018180 |
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1351018183 |
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