University Press of America
Pages: 108
Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-0-7618-2468-8 • Paperback • March 2003 • $64.99 • (£50.00)
Robert B. Hill is Senior Researcher, Westat, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Chapter 1 Preface by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
Chapter 2 Foreword by Andrew Billingsley
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Strong Kinship Bonds: Absorption of Individuals; Minors and the Elderly; Absorption of Families; Informal Adoption
Chapter 5 Strong Work Orientation: Attitudes Toward Work; Double Earners
Chapter 6 Adaptability of Family Roles: Equalitarian Family Patterns; One Parent Families; Desertion; Suicide Rates
Chapter 7 High Achievement Orientation
Chapter 8 Religious Orientation
Chapter 9 Summary
Chapter 10 Tables
Chapter 11 Footnotes
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Epilogue: Thirty Years Later: Social Forces: Racism; Sexism; Classicism; Industrial Shifts; Economic Trends; Immigration; Demographic Changes; AIDS Epidemic; Crack Cocaine; War on Drugs; Incarceration of Parents; Social and Economic Charact
Chapter 14 References