The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois, Volume 2
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-995795-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

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 works of history.

First published in 1899 at the dawn of sociology, The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study is a landmark in empirical sociological research. Du Bois was the first sociologist to document the living circumstances of urban Black Americans. The Philadelphia Negro provides a framework for studying black communities, and it has steadily grown in importance since its original publication. Today, it is an indispensable model for sociologists, historians, political scientists, anthropologists, educators, philosophers, and urban studies scholars. With a series introduction by editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and an introduction by Lawrence Bobo, this edition is essential for anyone interested in African American history and sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gates, Henry Louis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Series Introduction: The Black Letters on the Sign

- Introduction

- I: The Scope of the Study

- 1. General Aim

- 2. The Methods of Inquiry

- 3. The Credibility of the Results

- II. The Problem

- 4. The Negro Problems of Philadelphia

- 5. Plan of Presentment

- III. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820

- 6. General Survey

- 7. The Transplanting of the Negro, 1638-1760

- 8. Emancipation, 1760-1780

- 9. The Rise of the Freedmen, 1780-1820

- IV. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896

- 10. Fugitives and Foreigners, 1820-1840

- 11. The Guild of the Caterers, 1840-1870

- 12. The Influx of the Freedmen, 1870-1896

- V. The Size, Age and Sex of the Negro Population

- 13. The City for a Century

- 14. The Seventh Ward, 1896

- VI. Conjugal Condition

- 15. The Seventh Ward

- 16. The City

- VII. Sources of the Negro Population

- 17. The Seventh Ward

- 18. The City

- VIII. Education and Illiteracy

- 19. The History of Negro Education

- 20. The Present Condition

- IX. The Occupations of Negros

- 21. The Question of Earning a Living

- 22. Occupations in the Seventh Ward

- 23. Occupations in the City

- 24. History of the Occupations of Negroes

- X. The Health of Negros

- 25. The Interpretation of Statistics

- 26. The Statistics of the City

- XI. The Negro Family

- 27. The Size of the Family

- 28. Incomes

- 29. Property

- 30. Family Life

- XII. The Organized Life of Negros

- 31. History of the Negro Church in Philadelphia

- 32. The Function of the Negro Church

- 33. The Present Condition of the Churches

- 34. Secret and Beneficial Societies, and Co-operative Business

- 35. Institutions

- 36. The Experiment of Organization

- XIII. The Negro Criminal

- 37. History of Negro Crime in the City

- 38. Negro Crime Since the War

- 39. A Special Study in Crime

- 40. Some Cases of Crime

- XIV. Pauperism and Alcoholism

- 41. Pauperism

- 42. The Drink Habit

- 43. The Causes of Crime and Poverty

- XV. The Environment of the Negro

- 44. Houses and Rent

- 45. Sections and Wards

- 46. Social Classes and Amusements

- XVI. The Contact of the Races

- 47. Color Prejudice

- 48. Benevolence

- 49. The Intermarriage of the Races

- XVII. Negro Suffrage

- 50. The Significance of the Experiment

- 51. The History of Negro Suffrage in Pennsylvania

- 52. City Politics

- 53. Some Bad Results of Negro Suffrage

- 54. Some Good Results of Negro Suffrage

- 55. The Paradox of Reform

- XVIII. A Final Word

- 56. The Meaning of All This

- 57. The Duty of the Negroes

- 58. The Duty of the Whites

- Appendix A. Schedules used in the House-to-House Inquiry

- Appendix B. Legislation, etc., of Pennsylvania in Regard to the Negro

- Appendix C. Bibliography

- Index

- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: A Chronology

- Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center.