Black families at the crossroads
Subtitle: challenges and prospects
By: Leanor Boulin Johnson, Robert Staples.
Contributors: Staples, Robert.; Staples, Robert.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: African American families
Description: "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 polices and economic changes in the past decade and their impact on Black families"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: Black families at the crossroads / Robert Staples, Leanor Boulin Johnson. 1st ed. c1993.