If Moynihan had only known: Race, class, and family change in the late twentieth century

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-110

  Furstenberg, Frank F ^a,b  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Race; Social class; Teen pregnancy; The Negro Family

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849164588     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208324866     Document Type: Article

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