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Book SynopsisThis volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Dan S. Green, Edwin D. Driver. I: The Tasks of Sociology 1: The Atlanta Conferences 2: The Laboratory in Sociology at Atlanta University 3: The Twelfth Census and the Negro Problems 4: The Study of the Negro Problems 5: The Negro Race in the United States of America II: Community Studies 6: The Philadelphia Negro 7: The Black North in 1901: New York 8: The Negroes of Dougherty County, Georgia 9: The Negroes of Farmville, Virginia III: Black Culture and Creativity 10: The Negro American Family 11: The Religion of the American Negro 12: The Problem of Amusement 13: The Conservation of Races IV: Changing Patterns of Racial Relations 14: The Relations of the Negroes to the Whites in the South 15: The Social Evolution of the Black South 16: The Problem of the Twentieth Century Is the Problem of the Color Line 17: Prospect of a World without Race Conflict Notes Selected Bibliography of W. E. B. Du Bois Index
