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UNINA9910789390803321 |
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Autore |
Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.> |
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Titolo |
The Philadelphia negro : a social study / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Lawrence Bobo |
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New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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0-19-938372-3 |
0-19-938371-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Social life and customs - 19th century |
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Social conditions - 19th century |
Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions 19th century |
Philadelphia (Pa.) Race relations History 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Philadelphia : The University, 1899, in series: Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law. With new introd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The scope of this study -- The problem -- The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820 -- The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896 -- The size, age and sex of the Negro population -- Conjugal condition -- Sources of the Negro population -- Education and illiteracy -- The occupations of Negroes -- The health of Negroes -- The Negro family -- The organized life of Negroes -- The Negro criminal -- Pauperism and alcoholism -- The environment of the Negro -- The contact of the races -- Negro suffrage -- A final word. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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