| Description |
326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
0002-7162 ;
v. 621
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 621.
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| Note |
"January 2009." |
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"The articles in this volume are based on presentations given at a conference held at Harvard University in September 2007, sponsored by the American Academy of Political and Social Science; the Department of Sociology, Harvard University, and the W.E.B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University"--P. 6. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Moynihan redux : legacies and lessons / Douglas S. Massey and Robert J. Sampson -- Foreword : Pat Moynihan thinks about families / James Q. Wilson -- Foreword : The Moynihan Report and research on the Black community / William Julius Wilson -- The labor market and young black men : updating Moynihan's perspective / Harry J. Holzer -- Bayesian bigot? Statistical discrimination, stereotypes, and employer decision making / Devah Pager and Diana Karafin -- If Moynihan had only known : race, class, and family change in the late twentieth century / Frank F. Furstenberg -- Fragile families and the reproduction of poverty / Sara McLanahan -- Romantic unions in an era of uncertainty : a post-Moynihan perspective on African American women and marriage / Linda M. Burton and M. Belinda Tucker -- Claiming fatherhood : race and the dynamics of paternal involvement among unmarried men / Kathryn Edin, Laura Tach, and Ronald Mincy -- Welfare reform in the mid-2000s : how African American and Hispanic families in three cities are faring / Andrew Cherlin ... [et al.] -- The new U.S. immigrants : how do they affect our understanding of the African American experience? / Frank D. Bean ... [et al.] -- The Black family and mass incarceration / Bruce Western and Christopher Wildeman -- Race in the American mind : from the Moynihan Report to the Obama candidacy / Lawrence D. Bobo and Camille Z. Charles -- Racial stratification and the durable tangle of neighborhood inequality / Robert J. Sampson -- Moynihan was right : now what? / Ron Haskins -- Quick read synopsis. |
| Subject |
Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003.
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Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003. |
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African American families -- Social aspects.
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African American families. |
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Social aspects. |
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African American families -- Economic aspects.
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African Americans -- Employment.
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African Americans -- Employment. |
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Racism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
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Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Racism -- Economic aspects. |
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African American families.
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Racism. |
| Added Author |
Massey, Douglas S.
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Sampson, Robert J., 1956-
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Kaniss, Phyllis C.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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| ISBN |
9781412974011 paper |
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1412974011 paper |
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9781412974028 cloth |
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141297402X cloth |
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