The sociological souls of Black folk : essays / by W.E.B. Du Bois ; introduction, reconstructed essay, and additional editing by Robert A. Wortham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Wortham, Robert (Robert A.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Souls of Black Folk is W.E.B. Du Bois' most famous work. While the work is often viewed as a classic in African American literature and the history of the African American experience, the sociological significance of the work has been understated. In his initial discussions with the book's original publisher, Du Bois desired to prepare a volume that would showcase his ongoing sociological work on ""the Negro problems."" While many editions of Du Bois' classic text have appeared, no edition has focused primarily on the eight previously published essays in their original form and chronologic

Contents:

Strivings of the Negro people

A Negro schoolmaster in the new South

The religion of the American Negro

The Freedman's Bureau

The Negro as he really is

The evolution of Negro leadership

The relation of the Negroes to the whites in the South

Of the training of Black men

The Negro in business : results of the investigation

The Negro and crime

The American Negro at Paris

The conservation of races

Careers open to college-bred Negroes

The problem of amusement

The Negro in the Black belt : some social sketches

The Georgia Negro : a social study (editor's reconstruction).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 4, 2013).

ISBN:

1-9787-8658-1

0-7391-5074-X

0-7391-6931-9

OCLC:

862049313