Black Families

"This collection of eighteen essays makes a major contribution to black family scholarship. . . . [It] will undoubtedly Invigorate scholarship for years to come. . . . "Black Families "is an important book, representing the best In Black Studies scholarship." --Darlene Clark Hlne, Michigan State University "This collection of eighteen essays makes a major contribution to black family scholarship. . . . [It] will undoubtedly Invigorate scholarship for years to come. . . . Black Families is an important book, representing the best In Black Studies scholarship." --Darlene Clark Hlne, Michigan State University -This collection of eighteen essays makes a major contribution to black family scholarship. . . . [It] will undoubtedly Invigorate scholarship for years to come. . . . Black Families is an important book, representing the best In Black Studies scholarship.- --Darlene Clark Hlne, Michigan State University

Harold E. Cheatham, James B. Stewart

1: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives; 1: Back to Basics: The Significance of Du Boiss and Fraziers Contributions for Contemporary Research on Black Families; 2: Ecological Perspectives; 2: Black Families and the Black Church: a Sociohistorical Perspective; 3: Black Hospitals: Institutional Impacts on Black Families; 4: Federal Government Policies and the Housing Quotient of Black American Families; 5: Economic Forces, Structural Discrimination and Black Family Instability; 3: Family Form and Functioning; 6: Parental Values Transmission: Implications for the Development of African-American Children; 7: Sickle Cell Anemia, Child Competence, and Extended Family Life; 8: Gender Differences in the Perception of Black Male-Female Relationships and Stereotypes; 9: Polygamy and the Declining Male to Female Ratio in Black Communities: a Social Inquiry; 4: Health Outcomes and Economic Resources; 10: Hypertension as a Manifestation of the Stress Experienced by Black Families; 11: The Employed Black: the Dynamics of Work-Family Tension; 12: Values, Beliefs, and Welfare Recipiency: is there a Connection?; 5: Intracultural Perspectives; 13: Family Environment, Educational Aspiration, and Performance in St, Vincent; 14: Child Care and Female Employment in Urban Nigeria; 15: West Indian Families in the United States; 6: Policy and Social Service Delivery Systems; 16: Developing Intervention Models for Black Families: Linking Theory and Research; 17: Counseling Black Families at Inner-City Church Sites; 18: Empowering Black Families; 19: Retrospective and Exegesis: Black Families Reconceptualized