Ensuring Inequality
Subtitle: The Structural Transformation of the African-American Family
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199374878
Subjects: African american families; Family, united states; Single-parent families; Poverty
Description: This revised edition of an award-winning book expands and updates the nuanced historical perspective used in the first edition to understand African American family patterns. The result is a well-documented narrative that challenges conventional understandings of the continuing plight of African American families. The book traces the evolution of the black family from slavery to the present, showing the cumulative effects of centuries of historical change.