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W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America

W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America

Hardcover

Black American HistoryBlack American StudiesGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $32.50

ISBN10: 1616897066
ISBN13: 9781616897062
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: Oct 23 2018
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.10 Depth: 10.10
Language: English
As visually arresting as it is informative.--The Boston Globe

Du Bois's bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America.--Fast Company's Co.Design

W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete publication of W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition.Famed sociologist, writer, and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally changed the representation of Black Americans with his exhibition of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Beautiful in design and powerful in content, these data portraits make visible a wide spectrum of African American culture, from advances in education to the lingering effects of slavery. They convey a literal and figurative representation of what he famously referred to as the color line, collected here in full color for the first time.

A landmark collection for social history, graphic design, and data science, these visualizations and infographics were far ahead of their time. This comprehensive publication gives modern readers a chance to explore and enjoy:

  • Colorful graphs and charts that are mesmerizing pieces of art in their own right
  • Content that makes a valuable companion to W.E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk
  • Contributions from renowned scholars and educators Aldon Morris, Silas Munro, and Mabel O. Wilson

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Black American Studies