If Moynihan Had Only Known
Race, Class, and Family Change in the Late Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9766747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F F Furstenberg (0000-0002-8815-4578, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 621 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-110 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716208324866 |
| OpenAlex | W2113629352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 34 |
In this article, the author argues that while Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1965 analysis of the black family was prescient in many respects, it also largely ignored social class variations among black families. This gave the erroneous impression that the changes occurring in the black family were related to distinctive cultural features rather than the economic position of most blacks. Over time, it has become evident that poor economic circumstances would produce comparable effects on whites just as they did for blacks when Moynihan published his findings
Class (philosophy · Political science · Race (biology · Social class · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Politics of Respectability, Colorism, and the Terms of Social Exchange in Family Research
Exploring U.S. Men’s Birth Intentions
Integrating Life Course, Globalization, and the Study of Racial and Ethnic Families
College aspirations and expectations among new African-American mothers in late adolescence
Rethinking Families and Community
Variation in Attitudes toward Being a Mother by Race/Ethnicity and Education among Women in the United States
Teen Motherhood and Pregnancy Prototypes
Uncovering Social Stratification
Kinship Reconsidered
Black Families and Socio-economic Inequality in Canada
Gender Differences in the Dating Experiences of African American Young Adults
Degrees of Change
Socioeconomic Status and Racism as Fundamental Causes of Street Criminality
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Do immigrant women spend more time on unpaid labor? Generational differences by race, ethnicity, and household composition in household work within the United States
The Decoupling of Marriage and Parenthood? Trends in the Timing of Marital First Births, 1945-2002
Two Decades of Stability and Change in Age at First Union Formation
Marriage Expectations Among African American Couples in Early Adulthood
Manufacturing marginality among women and Latinos in neo-liberal America
The Negro family in the United States.
The making of the modern family
Code of the street
Caste and class in a southern town.
A modern introduction to the family
The unheavenly city revisited
Black Picket Fences, Second Edition
The social life of a modern community
Tomorrow's tomorrow
All our kin
The Moynihan report and the politics of controversy
The family, sex and marriage in England, 1500-1800
Black Metropolis
The Truly Disadvantaged
Deep South
The Philadelphia Negro
Historical Changes and Life Course Variation in the Determinants of Premarital Childbearing
Marriage Delayed or Marriage Forgone? New Cohort Forecasts of First Marriage for U.S. Women
Essays in Sociological Theory
Haven in a heartless world
Illegitimacy in the Caribbean Social Structure
Blackways of Kent
Elmtown's Youth
Lower-Class Families
A Modern Introduction to the Family
Adolescent Females
The Making of the Black Family
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |