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The Philadelphia Negro : a social study
| Content Provider | HathiTrust Digital Library |
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| Author | Du Bois, W. E. B Eaton, Isabel |
| Description | "The Philadelphia Negro is a sociological study of African Americans in Philadelphia written by W. E. B. Du Bois, commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania and published in 1899 with the intent of identifying social problems present in the African American community. It was the first sociological case study of a black community in the United States and one of the earliest examples of sociology as a statistically based social science. Du Bois gathered information for the study in the period between August 1896 and December 1897. Du Bois carefully mapped every black residence, church, and business in the city’s Seventh Ward, recording occupational and family structure. Du Bois’s Philadelphia research was pivotal in his reformulation of the concept of race. He deduced that, "the Negro problem looked at in one way is but the old world questions of ignorance, poverty, crime, and the dislike of the stranger." He supports these claims with examples and survey analysis breakdowns throughout the journal"--Wikipedia, viewed June 10, 2022 W.E. Burghardt Du Bois ; together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton |
| ISBN | 0790561670 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Published for the University |
| Publisher Date | 1899-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Boston Philadelphia |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Items in this record are available as Public Domain, Google-digitized. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google. Please see individual items for rights and use statements |
| Subject Keyword | Social conditions Philadelphia (Pa.) African Americans Household employees African American household employees |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
