Racial differences in marriage and childbearing: Oral history evidence from the South in the early twentieth century

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1694-1718

  Pagnini, Deanna L ^a   Morgan, S Philip ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE PERCEPTION; NON-MARITAL CHILDBEARING; RACIAL DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL HISTORY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

USA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030477645     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/230871     Document Type: Article

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