The Negro Family in the United States (The African American Intellectual Heritage)
E. Franklin Frazier traces the formation of African American family life across slavery and the early twentieth-century migration to the cities in this classic historical and sociological study.
Work Information
It offers a sweeping view of African American family history from slavery to urban migration.
The 2001 edition, based on the 1939 original, adds a new introduction and bibliography by Anthony M. Platt and reaffirms the book’s status as a classic in African American family studies. It reads social conditions across a long historical arc to show how they shape family life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Pages
- 686 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.61 x 5.08 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780268036546
- ISBN-10
- 0268036543
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/African American Studies
Published in 1939, this was one of the first titles to study the family life of African Americans. It begins with colonial-era slavery, extending through emancipation, to the impact of migration to northern and southern cities in the early-20th century.
Reviews
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Research proves little change to dilemma of the American Black Family.
Though the stats are old, the situation is proportionately the same.