African American Families: Historical and Contemporary Forces Shaping Family Life and Studies

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 145-160

  Moras, Amnda ^a   Shehan, Constance ^a   Berardo, Felix M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African American Community; African American Family; Black Family; Black Woman; Census Bureau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875662902     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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