Families

Shirley A. Hill is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, where she studies family diver­sity, social inequality, and health care. She is the author of Race, Work, and Family: New Century Values Among African American Men and Women (co-edited with Marlese Durr; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2006); Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships (AltaMira, ©2005); African American Children: Their Socialization and Development in Families (SAGE, ©1999); and other books and articles. Her current research focuses on racial disparities in educational attainment.

Will probably adopt for next semester′s class. Very good book, but not what I need for this semester.

• Series Preface: Contemporary Family PerspectivesAuthor PrefaceIntroduction:Family Studies and Social Inequalities1. The Evolution of Families and Marriages2. Theorizing Social Inequalities3. Elite and Upper-Class Families4. Middle-Class Families: Stability and Change5. Economically-Marginal Families: Living on the Edge6. Families in Global Economic ContextBibliographyIndexAbout the Author