Black folk then and now : an essay in the history and sociology of the Negro race / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Wilson Moses

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465049603321
• Autore: Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• ISBN: 0-19-938324-3; 0-19-938323-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Collana: Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois
• Disciplina: 305.896
• Soggetti: Black race; Black people; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Negroes and negroids -- The valley of the Nile -- The Niger and the desert -- Congo and Guinea -- From the Great Lakes to the Cape -- The culture of Africa -- The trade in men -- Western slave marts -- Emancipation and enfranchisement -- The black United States -- Black Europe -- The land in Africa -- The African laborer -- The political control of Africa -- Education in Africa -- The future of world democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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