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Author Banks, Ralph Richard.

Title Is marriage for white people? : how the African American marriage decline affects everyone / Ralph Richard Banks.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Dutton, [2011]
©2011

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 Moore Stacks  HQ536 .B3225 2011    Available  ---
Description viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-277) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Marriage -- United States.
Marriage.
United States.
African Americans -- Marriage.
African Americans -- Marriage.
African American families.
African American families.
Interracial marriage -- United States.
Interracial marriage.
Marriage.
ISBN 9780525952015 : $25.95
0525952012