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Is marriage for white people? : how the African American marriage decline affects everyone / Ralph Richard Banks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banks, Ralph Richard
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--United States.
- Marriage.
- United States.
- African Americans--Marriage.
- African Americans.
- African American families.
- Interracial marriage--United States.
- Interracial marriage.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton, [2011]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780525952015 :
- 0525952012
- OCLC:
- 635459419
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