Part I: Emergent issues, themes, and conceptualizations -- Introduction: ecological and cultural diversity in African American family life -- Sociocultural contexts of African American families -- Trends in African-American child well-being, 1985-2001 -- Racial wealth inequality and the Black family -- New families, new functions : postmodern African American families in context -- African American families in community contexts -- Marital relationships of African Americans : a contextual approach -- Work and African American family life -- Homeplace and housing in the lives of low-income urban African American families -- Religion in African American life -- A model of extended family support : care of the elderly in African American families -- Socialization processes in African American families -- Family practices and school performance of African American children -- The cultural context of physically disciplining children -- African American families as a context for racial socialization -- Beyond the birth family : African American children reared by alternative caregivers -- Style matters : toward a culturally relevant framework for interventions with African American families.
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Duke series in child development and public policy
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