W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and the City: The Philadelphia Negro and Its Legacy

by Thomas J. Sugrue, Michael B. Katz, Susan Slymowicz

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In 1896 W. E. B. Du Bois began research that resulted three years later in the publication of his great classic of urban sociology and history, The Philadelphia Negro. Today, a group of the nation's leading historians and sociologists celebrate the centenary of his project through a reappraisal of his book. Motivated by Du Bois's deeply humane vision of racial equality, the contributors draw on ethnography, intellectual and social history,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812215931

ISBN13:9780812215939

Release Date:April 1998

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.73 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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20th Century African-American & Black African-American Studies Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Ethnic & National History Minority Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Demographics State & Local Urban

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