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  1. Amnda Moras
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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Hernán Vera

  2. Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

    Joe R. Feagin

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Moras, A., Shehan, C., Berardo, F.M. (2007). African American Families: Historical and Contemporary Forces Shaping Family Life and Studies. In: Vera, H., Feagin, J.R. (eds) Handbooks of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_10

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