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Climbing Jacob's ladder : the enduring legacy of African-American families
Item details
- ISBN: 067167708X
- ISBN: 0671677098 (pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
print
444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : Touchstone, [1992]
- Copyright: ©1992
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "A Touchstone book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-424) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | In intimate association: Tradition and transitions in African-American family structure -- Family, community, and society -- The African heritage of African-American families -- The way of the new world: The triumph over slavery -- After Appomattox: The struggle for stability -- The impact of technology: The rise and decline of the black working class -- The struggle for life -- The belief in education -- The influence of the military -- The functions of marriage in African-American families -- Black and white together: Trends in interracial marriage -- The Caribbean connection -- From working class to middle class -- Room at the top: The rising black business class -- Stumbling blocks and stepping stones: Traditional African-American family values -- And still we rise: Single-parent families in helping communities -- The black church: Spiritual values and community reform -- Climbing Jacob's ladder: Self-help redefined. |
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Subject: | African American families |