Black Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Harold E. Cheatham

The condition and characteristics of the black family have been subjects of intense debate since at least the 1960s, when the Moynihan Report and the culture of poverty theses held sway. Since then a consistent theme has been that black families are pathological. Despite the fact that research has been inconclusive and contradictory, political debate and policy have been strongly influenced by the pathology theme. This volume presents alternative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887388124
• ISBN13: 9780887388125
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"