Black families at the crossroads : challenges and prospects / Leanor Boulin Johnson, Robert Staples ; foreword by Robert B. Hill.

Revised edition of: Black families at the crossroads / Robert Staples, Leanor Boulin Johnson. 1st ed. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-355) and index.

Foreword / Robert B. Hill -- 1. History as fact and fiction -- 2. Studying Black families -- 3. Work and money : the struggle -- 4. Patterns of sexual intimacy -- 5. Singlehood and partner selection -- 6. Gender roles and male sexism -- 7. Marital patterns and interactions -- 8. The challenges of parenting -- 9. Kinship and community support -- 10. Social change, challenges, and prospects.

"This updated edition of the classic book Black Families at the Crossroads offers a comprehensive examination of the diverse and complex issues surrounding Black families. Leanor Boulin Johnson and Robert Staples combine more than sixty years of writing and research on Black families to offer insights into the pre-slavery development of the Black middle class, internal processes that affect all class strata among Black American families, the impact of race on modern Black immigrant families, the interaction of external forces and internal norms at each stage of the Black family life cycle, and public policies that provide challenges and promising prospects for the continuing resilience of the Black family as an American institution. This thoroughly revised edition features new research, including empirical studies and theoretical applications and a review of significant social policies and economic changes in the past decade and their impact on Black families."--BOOK JACKET.

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