The Black Extended Family

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Extended Family: How Is It Formed and What Does It Do?
2. The Dominant Family Figure
3. The Mutual Aid System
4. Absorption and Informal Adoption
5. Relations between Old and Young
6. Sex, Courtship, and Marriage
7. Status and Power: Relations between Lower and Middle Class
8. Problems of Urban Life
9. A Look into the Past and into the Future
Appendix: Overview of Literature on the Black Family
Notes
Bibliography
Index