Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
xx, 92 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword / Andrew Billingsley -- Preface / Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- Strong Kinship Bonds -- Absorption of individuals: Minors and the Elderly -- Absorption of Families -- Informal Adoption -- Strong Work Orientation -- Attitudes Toward Work -- Double Earners -- Adaptability of Family Roles -- Equalitarian Family Patterns -- One Parent Families -- Desertion -- Suicide Rates -- High Achievement Orientation -- Religious Orientation -- Epilogue: Thirty Years Later -- Social Forces -- Racism -- Sexism -- Classicism -- Industrial Shifts -- Economic Trends -- Immigration -- Demographic Changes -- AIDS Epidemic -- Crack Cocaine -- War on Drugs -- Incarceration of Parents -- Social and Economic Characteristics -- Family Structure -- Employment -- Income -- Poverty -- Family Strengths -- Achievement Orientation -- Work Orientation -- Flexible Family Roles -- Kinship Bonds -- Religious Orientation. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [79]-92). |
Subject |
African American families.
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ISBN |
0761824685 paperback alkaline paper |
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