Is marriage for white people? : how the African American marriage decline affects everyone / Ralph Richard Banks.
2011
HQ536 .B3225 2011 (Mapit)
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Is marriage for white people? : how the African American marriage decline affects everyone / Ralph Richard Banks.
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ISBN
9780525952015
0525952012
0525952012
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2011.
Language
English
Description
viii, 289 p. ; 24 cm.
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HQ536 .B3225 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.81089/96073
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The marriage decline
What has become of marriage?
The man shortage
The market
What about the children?
Power wives
Mixed marriages
Beyond race?
Desire
Fear
Saving black marriage.
What has become of marriage?
The man shortage
The market
What about the children?
Power wives
Mixed marriages
Beyond race?
Desire
Fear
Saving black marriage.