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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Minority Families in America: An Introduction | |
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| Minority Families and the "New Darwinism" | |
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| Minority Families and the Structure of Inequality | |
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| Minority Families and the Theory of Intrinsic Difference | |
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| Organization and Focus | |
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| African American Families in the United States | |
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| Black American Families | |
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| Black Family Life in Historical Perspective | |
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| Contemporary Black Family Patterns | |
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| Selected Patterns and Trends | |
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| Living Arrangements of Children and Youth | |
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| Family Structure and Family Dynamics | |
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| Black Families and Social Change | |
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| West Indian Families in the United States | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Data Collected | |
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| West Indian Migration | |
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| Household and Family | |
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| Social Arrangements | |
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| Sexual Exclusivity | |
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| The Impact of Migration | |
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| The Maintainers | |
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| The Social Isolates | |
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| The Strivers | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Headquarters and Subsidiaries: Haitian Immigrant Family Households In New York City | |
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| Phases of Haitian Mass Immigration into the United States | |
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| The Sending Family Household as a Headquarters-Firm | |
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| The Immigrant Family Household as a Subsidiary Firm | |
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| The Model | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Hispanic American Families in the United States | |
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| Tradition and Transition in Mexican-Origin Families | |
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| Mexican Family History in the Southwest | |
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| Old and New Perspectives | |
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| Global Reorganization and Family Upheavals | |
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| Selected Patterns and Trends | |
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| Family Structure and Family Dynamics | |
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| What We Learn from Mexican-Origin Families | |
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| The Puerto Rican Family | |
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| The Traditional Puerto Rican Family | |
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| The Contemporary Puerto Rican Family in the United States | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Cuban American Families | |
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| The Cuban Family in the Early Communities | |
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| The Cuban Revolution of 1959 and Cuban Migration to the United States | |
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| Characteristics of Cubans and Cuban Families in the United States | |
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| The Family and the Cuban Success Story | |
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| Marital Instability | |
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| Acculturation, the New Generation, and Social Change | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Asian American Families in the United States | |
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| Chinese American Families | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Contemporary Trends | |
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| Conclusions: Revisioning the Chinese American Family | |
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| Japanese American Families | |
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| Cultural versus Critical Perspectives on Japanese American Families | |
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| Historical Development of the Japanese American Family | |
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| Contemporary Japanese American Families | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Vietnamese American Families | |
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| The Vietnamese Exodus | |
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| Demographic Trends | |
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| Households and Extended Family | |
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| Family Roles and Authority | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Korean American Families | |
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| Immigration and Settlement | |
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| Family Characteristics | |
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| Marital Relations | |
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| Child Socialization and Generational Conflicts | |
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| Generational Differences in the Family Systems | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Rules, Role, and Realities: Indo-American Families in the United States | |
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| Rules and Realities: Who Are in a Family? | |
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| Family Dynamics | |
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| Ideal Versus Real Families | |
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| Parental Roles | |
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| Roles and Realities Between Generations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Native American Families in the United States | |
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| American Indian Families | |
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| The Demography of American Indian Families | |
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| Family Structure and Economic Well-Being | |
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| Marriage with Non-Indians | |
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| Studies of American Indian Families | |
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| Role, Status, and Authority in the Family | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Minority Families and Social Change | |
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| Minority Families and Social Change | |
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| Minority Families: Change and Adaptation | |
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| African Americans and the Diversification of Family Life | |
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| Hispanic Minority Families: Structure and Process | |
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| Asian American Families: Patterns and Variations | |
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| Native American Families: Patterns of Adaptation and Change | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Index | |