| The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study Contributor(s): Du Bois, W. E. B. (Author), Anderson, Elijah (Introduction by), Eaton, Isabel (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0812215737 ISBN-13: 9780812215731 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 95024367 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 5.78" W x 8.34" (1.66 lbs) 568 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - African - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1897 the promising young sociologist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was given a temporary post as Assistant in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in order to conduct a systematic investigation of social conditions in the seventh ward of Philadelphia. The product of those studies was the first great empirical book on the Negro in American society. More than one hundred years after its original publication by the University of Pennsylvania Press, The Philadelphia Negro remains a classic work. It is the first, and perhaps still the finest, example of engaged sociological scholarship--the kind of work that, in contemplating social reality, helps to change it. In his introduction, Elijah Anderson examines how the neighborhood studied by Du Bois has changed over the years and compares the status of blacks today with their status when the book was initially published. |