Research Catalog

Title

The Negro family in the United States, by E. Franklin Frazier ...

Author

Frazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962.

Publication

Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press [1940]

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Details

Description

xxxii, 686 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs.; 20 cm.

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of the family life of African Americans, beginning with colonial-era slavery, extending through the years of slavery and emancipation, to the impact of Jim Crow and migrations to both southern and northern cities in the twentieth century. It discusses all the themes that have concerned subsequent students of the African American family, including matriarchy and patriarchy, the impact of slavery on family solidarity and personal identity, the impact of long-term poverty and lack of access to education, migration and rootlessness, and the relationship between family and community. The author argues that the characteristics of the family were shaped not by race, but by social conditions.

Series Statement

The University of Chicago sociological series

Uniform Title

University of Chicago sociological series

Subject

• To 1964
• African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964
• African American families
• African American families
• African Americans > Social conditions
• African Americans Here are entered works on the Black people of the United States. Works on Black people outside of the United States are entered under the heading Blacks
• Familie
• Zwarten
• Families, Black > United States
• Families > United States
• Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1964
• Familles noires américaines
• United States > Slavery and bondage > History

Genre/Form

Books.

Note

• Imprint varies.

Bibliography (note)

• "A classified bibliography": p. 641-669.

Contents

pt. 1. In the house of the master. Forgotten memories -- Human, all too human -- Motherhood in bondage -- Hagar and her children -- pt. 2. In the house of the mother. Broken bonds -- Unfettered motherhood -- The matriarchate -- Granny: The guardian of the generations -- pt. 3. In the house of the father. The downfall of the matriarchate -- The sons of the free -- Racial islands -- Black puritans -- pt. 4. In the city of destruction. Roving men and homeless women -- The flight from feudal America -- Fathers on leave -- Outlawed motherhood -- Rebellious youth -- Divorce: Scrip from the law --Pt. 5. In the city of rebirth. Our families and new classes -- The brown middle class -- The black proletariat -- pt. 6. Conclusion. Retrospect and prospect.

LCCN

39020651

OCLC

• ocm01855605
• 1855605
• SCSB-14463233

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library