Amazing grace African American grandmothers as caregivers and conveyers of traditional values / Dorothy Smith Ruiz ; foreword by Bert Hayslip.

Author/creator Smith-Ruiz, Dorothy
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger,
Descriptionxvi, 134 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Contents Introduction -- Slavery, family, and religion : the traditional roles of older African American women in the antebellum south during the nineteenth cerntury -- Related research : grandparent caregiving -- Methodology : the custodial African American grandmother study -- Social and demographic characteristics -- Factors influencing life satisfaction among -- Social facrors, health status, and depression -- Voices of custodial grandmothers : dominant themes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [121]-126) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2004044377
ISBN0275980774 (alk. paper)

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