TY  - BOOK
AU  - Banks,Ralph Richard
TI  - Is marriage for white people?: how the African American marriage decline affects everyone 
SN  - 9780525952015 (hbk. )
AV  - HQ536 .B3225 2011
U1  - 306.81089/96073 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Dutton
KW  - Marriage
KW  - United States
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American families
KW  - Interracial marriage
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-277) and index; The marriage decline -- What has become of marriage? -- The man shortage -- The market -- What about the children? -- Power wives -- Mixed marriages -- Beyond race? -- Desire -- Fear -- Saving black marriage
N2  - Examines a sharp decline in marriage rates among the African-American middle class while analyzing probable causes, tracing the rise of educated and independent black women and evaluating the potential of interracial marriages
ER  -