TY - BOOK ID - 37664896 TI - Successful African-American men : from childhood to adulthood PY - 2000 SN - 1280207418 9786610207411 0306471892 0306463636 PB - New York, United States : Kluwer Academic Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - African American men KW - Successful people KW - Success KW - Conduct of life. KW - Psychology. KW - Social conditions. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects KW - Applied psychology. KW - Social sciences. KW - Anthropology. KW - Cross Cultural Psychology. KW - Social Sciences, general. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Cross-cultural psychology. KW - Sociology. KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Human beings KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Cross-cultural psychology KW - Ethnic groups KW - Ethnic psychology KW - Folk-psychology KW - Indigenous peoples KW - National psychology KW - Psychological anthropology KW - Psychology, Cross-cultural KW - Psychology, Ethnic KW - Psychology, National KW - Psychology, Racial KW - Race psychology KW - Psychology KW - National characteristics KW - Growth (Psychology) KW - Personal development KW - Personal growth KW - Self-improvement KW - Conduct of life KW - Fortune KW - Failure (Psychology) KW - Fear of success KW - Achievers KW - High achievers KW - Persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37664896 AB - Statistics emphasize that one out of every five men is incarcerated. The background experiences of dysfunctional black men are often explored while few studies focus on the motivating triggers for high achieving black men. Successful African American Men: From Childhood to Adulthood is a unique study of the nurturing behavioral settings that high achieving black men used as adolescents and examines whether social capital played a role in helping them negotiate their way out of disadvantage. Equally important, is how these settings accommodated the men's diversity, complexity, and the influence of black culture, and reconciled it to their ability to respond and cope with mainstream America. This volume will be of interest to psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and others interested in the rich diversity of experience found within communities of color. ER -