Ensuring Inequality: The Structural Transformation Of The African American Family

Slavery: a reexamination of its impact -- Sharecropping and the rural proletariat -- The African American family in the maternalistic era -- The arduous transition to the industrial north -- World War II and its aftermath -- The calm before the storm -- The "matriarchal" black family under siege -- Family composition and the "underclass" debate -- Black marriage patterns: representations and realities -- Where are we now? Where do we go from here?

• | Author: Donna L. Franklin, Angela D. James
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 09, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199374872
• | ISBN-13: 9780199374878