"Familles noires américaines." . . "Alltag." . . "Negros en EE. UU. Familia." . . "Negros en EE.UU Familia." . "Família." . . "Pobres." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "All our kin" . "All our kin"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "All our kin : strategies for survival in a black community" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . "Case studies"@en . . . "Case studies" . . . "\"\"This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm\"\"" . "\"All Our Kin is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto community, to study the support system family and friends form when coping with poverty. Eschewing the traditional method of entry into the community used by anthropologists -- through authority figures and community leaders -- she approached the families herself by way of an acquaintance from school, becoming one of the first sociologists to explore the black kinship network from the inside. The result was a landmark study that debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. On the contrary, her study showed that families in The Flats adapted to their poverty conditions by forming large, resilient, lifelong support networks based on friendship and family that were very powerful, highly structured and surprisingly complex.\"--Product description from Amazon." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This book chronicles a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto community, to study the support system family and friends form when coping with poverty. Eschewing the traditional method of entry into the community used by anthropologists -- through authority figures and community leaders -- she approached the families herself by way of an acquaintance from school, becoming one of the first sociologists to explore the black kinship network from the inside. The result was a landmark study that debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. On the contrary, her study showed that families in The Flats adapted to their poverty conditions by forming large, resilient, lifelong support networks based on friendship and family that were very powerful, highly structured and surprisingly complex. This text is also an indictment of a social system that reinforces welfare dependency and chronic unemployment."@en . . . . . . . "All our kin : strategies for survival in a Black community"@en . . . . . . . . . . "All our kin : strategies for survival in a Black community" . . "All our kin : strategies for survival in a Black community"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "All our kin strategies for survival in a black community" . . . . . "All our kin: strategies for survival in a Black community"@en . "All our kin: strategies for survival in a Black community" . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness" . . "Haushalt." . . "Afro-Américain (peuple) famille Etats-Unis." . . "Poor Case studies United States." . . "Harper & Row Publishers." . . "African American families Case studies." . . "Negers." . . "Familles noires américaines Cas, Études de." . . "Pauvreté États-Unis Cas, Études de." . . "Armut." . . "Poor" . . "Poor." . "Estudi de casos." . . "Familie Statele Unite ale Americii." . . "Migration." . . "African American families" . . "African American families." . "Estats Units d'Amèrica." . . "Family." . . "Negros condiciones sociales Estados Unidos." . . "Poor United States." . . "Identität." . . "Familie." . . "Afro-Américain (peuple) parenté Etats-Unis." . . "Amerika" . . "Pobreza Estados Unidos Estudio de casos." . . "Stedelijke gebieden." . . "Parent-Child Relations." . . "Amerika" . . "Afro-American families Case studies." . . "Minoriteter" . . "Poverty." . . "Afroamericans Famílies." . . . . "Pauvres en milieu urbain États-Unis." . . "African Americans." . . "Armoede." . . "Schwarze." . . "Verwandtschaft." . . "Poor United States Case studies." . . "Familias negras Estados Unidos Estudio de casos." . . "Schwarze." . . "Getto's." . . "Pobres Estats Units d'Amèrica." . . "Afroamericans." . . "USA." . . "United States." . . "United States" . "Ghetto." . . "Afroamericani Aspecte sociale Statele Unite ale Americii." . . "Family Characteristics." . .