A New Look at Black Families

Part 1 Conceptual approaches to the study of black families: family life and social stratification. Part 2 Analyses of black families by social class: case studies of black middle-class families case studies of black working-class families case studies of black low-income families alternative family forms. Part 3 Family power and dominance: maternal mentoring models paternal mentoring models the black and white experience. Part 4 Black families and the social system: the case for the black male socioeconomic status among racial groups interdependent social classes and family adaptations.