Sign-In
Cart
The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study and History of Pennsylvania's Black American Population; their Education, Environment and Work
Paperback
Black American HistoryBlack American Studies
ISBN13: 9781789872286
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1899
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
W. E. B. Du Bois's groundbreaking social study of black Americans living in Philadelphia at the end of the 1800s remains an outstanding and thorough example of sociology.
Using knowledge gained from research of black neighborhoods during his time at the University of Pennsylvania, Du Bois was determined to create an all-embracing profile of urban black American society. Some three years of intensive research, interviews, and statistical gathering went into The Philadelphia Negro; it revealed endemic social prejudices and the abject poverty which many black Americans endured. The area studied was the Seventh Ward - a borough of Philadelphia which included the impoverished black ghetto, the striving middle-classes, and even affluent whites.
For Du Bois, the root causes of the social divide were ingrained negative perceptions towards black Americans, such as the notion that black workers are innately dishonest or indolent. Incidents of racial discrimination, whereby blacks in a line of business or seeking employ are turned aside on the basis of skin color, are numerous. More positively, the author unearthed multiple appraisals from those who had employed black workers - some only as a last resort - who became very impressed at their employee's diligence, ability and passion.
Spanning the education, recreation, work, housing and environment conditions, and much more besides, The Philadelphia Negro remains a landmark text of sociology.
1 different editions
Also available
Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study and History of Pennsylvania's Black American Population; their Education, Environment and Work
Bois, W. E. B. Du
Hardcover
Also in
Black American Studies
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Davis, Angela Y.
Paperback
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy a.
Paperback
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography
Jacobs, John Swanson
Paperback
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Smith, Clint
Paperback
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Baker, Brea
Hardcover
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy a.
Hardcover
Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul
Adeeyo, Oludara
Hardcover
No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference
Neely, Cheryl L.
Hardcover
Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World
Johnson, Damarius
Breyfogle, Nicholas B.
Edmeier, Daniela
Hardcover
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race
Tatum, Beverly Daniel
Paperback
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Smith, Clint
Hardcover
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy Angela
Paperback
A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution
Lawler, Andrew
Hardcover
Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture
Johnston, Amber O'Neal
Paperback
Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race
Rogers, J. a.
Paperback
Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present
Painter, Nell Irvin
Paperback
Historically Black Phrases: From I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends to Who All Gon' Be There?
Hill, Jarrett
Anderson, Tre'vell
Hardcover
Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Berry, Mary Frances
Hardcover
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Martin, Waldo E.
Bloom, Joshua
Paperback
Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land
Penniman, Leah
Paperback
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
Haas, Jeffrey
Paperback
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Blackmon, Douglas A.
Paperback
Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety
Woodland, Erica
Page, Cara
Paperback
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Cobb, Charles E., Jr.
Paperback
Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Delmont, Matthew F.
Paperback
Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
Burton, Orisanmi
Paperback
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
Brown, Sherronda J.
Paperback
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
Luckerson, Victor
Paperback
Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
Leon, Joél
Hardcover
Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History
Sides, Hampton
Paperback
The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within Us Slave Culture
Woodard, Vincent
Paperback
Affirmations for Black Women: A Journal: 100+ Positive Messages and Prompts to Affirm Your Self-Worth, Empower Your Spirit, & Attract Success
Adeeyo, Oludara
Hardcover
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
Owens, Candace
Hardcover
I Have a Dream - Special Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
King, Martin Luther
Paperback
The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being
Giscombé, Cheryl L. Woods
Paperback
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
Equiano, Olaudah
Paperback
Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District
Johnson, Hannibal B.
Paperback
White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition: The Politics of Morality in America
Butler, Anthea
Paperback
Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: A Guide to Success for Black Americans
Kimbro, Dennis
Hill, Napoleon
Paperback
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Roberts, Dorothy
Paperback
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shepard, Kris
Carson, Clayborne
Paperback
All the Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance
Moore, Ebonyjanice
Paperback
W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachuset
Hardcover
From Here to Equality, Second Edition: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Darity, William A.
Mullen, A. Kirsten
Paperback
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements
Carruthers, Charlene
Paperback
The FBI War on Tupac Shakur: The State Repression of Black Leaders from the Civil Rights Era to the 1990s
Potash, John
Paperback
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
Twitty, Michael W.
Paperback
The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family - The Case for National Action
U. S. Department of Labor
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Paperback
Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora
Bethencourt, Regis
Bethencourt, Kahran
Hardcover
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
Moody, Anne
Paperback
How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity
Bruce, La Marr Jurelle
Paperback
Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Segregated South
Schumaker, Kathryn
Hardcover
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Baptist, Edward E.
Paperback
When The World Was Black, Part One: The Untold History of the World's First Civilizations Prehistoric Culture
Understanding, Supreme
Hardcover
The Wounds Are the Witness: Black Faith Weaving Memory Into Justice and Healing
Pierce, Yolanda
Hardcover
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
King, Gilbert
Paperback
African-American Heritage Cookbook: Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances from Alabama's Renowned Tuskegee Institute
Tillery, Carolyn Q.
Hardcover
African-American Classic Three Book Set - The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Washington, Booker T.
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Douglass, Frederick
Hardcover
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Gates, Henry Louis
Paperback
Warriors for Liberty: William Dollarson & Michigan's Civil War African Americans
Dempsey, Jack
Hardcover
Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health
Ray, Keisha
Paperback