Is Marriage for White People?
How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
New York : Plume, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: x, 289 pages ; 21 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Marriage -- United States.
African Americans -- Marriage.
African American families.
Interracial marriage -- United States.
Marriage -- United States.
African Americans -- Marriage.
African American families.
Interracial marriage -- United States.
ISBN:
9780452297531
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
FAMILY Marriage Ban | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/27/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-277) and index.