The Philadelphia negro : a social study / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Lawrence Bobo.
2007
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Title
The Philadelphia negro : a social study / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Lawrence Bobo.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
Description
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Works. Selections. 2007.
Formatted Contents Note
The scope of this study
The problem
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896
The size, age and sex of the Negro population
Conjugal condition
Sources of the Negro population
Education and illiteracy
The occupations of Negroes
The health of Negroes
The Negro family
The organized life of Negroes
The Negro criminal
Pauperism and alcoholism
The environment of the Negro
The contact of the races
Negro suffrage
A final word.
The problem
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896
The size, age and sex of the Negro population
Conjugal condition
Sources of the Negro population
Education and illiteracy
The occupations of Negroes
The health of Negroes
The Negro family
The organized life of Negroes
The Negro criminal
Pauperism and alcoholism
The environment of the Negro
The contact of the races
Negro suffrage
A final word.
Summary
W.E.B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several.
Note
Originally published: Philadelphia : The University, 1899, in series: Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law. With new introd.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Du Bois, W.E.B. Philadelphia negro : a social study. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2007] xxx 315 pages Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois
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Law & Classical Social Theory by Lieberman (SPRING 2022)
Language
English
ISBN
9780199383719 (electronic book)
0199383715 (electronic book)
9780195311808 (series)
9780195325720 (volume)
0195311809 (series)
0195325729 (volume)
0812215737 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780812215731 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0812215648 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780812215649 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780199957958
0199957959
0199383715 (electronic book)
9780195311808 (series)
9780195325720 (volume)
0195311809 (series)
0195325729 (volume)
0812215737 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780812215731 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0812215648 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780812215649 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780199957958
0199957959
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