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Author Franklin, Donna L., author.

Title Ensuring inequality : the structural transformation of the African-American family / Donna L. Franklin and Angela James
Edition Revised edition
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Contents Preface to the Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Part I. Chapter 1. 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 -- PART II. 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. Black Marriage Patterns: Representations and Realities -- Chapter ten. Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go From Here?
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject African American families -- History
Fatherless families -- United States -- History
Single-parent families -- United States -- History
Poverty -- United States
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
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author James, Angela (Angela D.), author.
LC no. 2014045414
ISBN 9780195356519
0195356519
0190254181
9780190254186
0199374872
9780199374878
Other Titles Structural transformation of the African-American family