Is marriage for white people?
Subtitle: how the African American marriage decline affects everyone
By: Ralph Richard Banks
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780525952015
Subjects: Marriage; Interracial marriage; African American families; African Americans
Description: Examines a sharp decline in marriage rates among the African-American middle class while analyzing probable causes, tracing the rise of educated and independent black women and evaluating the potential of interracial marriages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The marriage decline; title: What has become of marriage?; title: The man shortage; title: The market; title: What about the children?; title: Power wives; title: Mixed marriages; title: Beyond race?; title: Desire; title: Fear; title: Saving black marriage.