The Negro American family / Edited by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, editor.

Contributor:

Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003, writer of foreword.

Conyers, James E., 1932- writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems (13th : 1908 : Atlanta University)

Series:

The Atlanta University publications series [13]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Families--United States.

Families.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 156 pages : illustrations, plans. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts The M.I.T. Press, 1970.

Contents:

Progam of the Thirteenth Annual Conference

Part I. Marriage. Scope of This Study; Africa; Slavery; Present Conjugal Condition; The Size of the Family; Sexual Morals

Part II. The Home. Africa; Slavery; The Country Home; The Village Home; The City Home; City Homes of the Better Class; A Study of Eight Homes; The Evolution of the Negro Home

Part III. The Economics of the Family. Africa; Slavery; General Economic Condition; Georgia; Income; Budgets; Rents; Food

Part IV. The Family Group. Differentiation of Classes; The Negro Families of Dougherty County, Ga.; The Social Life of the Country; The Negro Family in New York; A Study of Thirteen Famlies; [Expenditures of Laborers]; Conclusion.

Notes:

First M.I.T. Press Paperback Edition, March, 1970.

Cover design by Bernie LaCasse.

"Report of a social study made principally by the college classes of 1909 and 1910 of Atlanta University ... together with the proceedings of the 13th annual Conference for the Study of Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University on Tuesday, May the 26th, 1908."

Reprint of the 1908 edition with new foreword by Daniel P. Moynihan and introduction by James E. Conyers added.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-8) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has yellow slip stating "Review Copy" laid in.

ISBN:

0262540053

OCLC:

80033