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Following the success of its best-selling predecessors, the Fourth Edition of Harriette Pipes McAdoo′s Black Families retains several now classic contributions while including updated versions of earlier chapters and many entirely new chapters... Read Full Overview

Following the success of its best-selling previous editions, the third edition of Black Families includes updated versions of the original chapters as well as entirely new chapters written by authors whose work appeared in the earlier editions. This exciting volume explores the... Read Full Overview

The second edition of this classic text reflects demographic shifts, updates ongoing research and expands into newly relevant areas. The four sections separate: } Historic and Theoretical Conceptualizations of African-American Families } Demographic, Economic, Mobility and Educational... Read Full Overview

Following the success of its best-selling predecessors, the Fourth Edition of Harriette Pipes McAdoo's Black Families retains several now classic contributions while including updated versions of earlier chapters and many entirely new chapters. The goal through... Read Full Overview

'... Black Families is a highly readable and scholarly book that avoids the pitfalls of excessive romanticism by adhering to the objective spirit of scientific inquiry. -- Social Work, July/August 1983 '...a significant contribution to the knowledge base supporting social work... Read Full Overview

The second edition of this classic text reflects demographic shifts, updates ongoing research and expands into newly relevant areas. The four sections separate: } Historic and Theoretical Conceptualizations of African-American Families } Demographic, Economic, Mobility and Educational... Read Full Overview