Africa, its geography, people, and products and Africa - its place in modern history : the Oxford W.E.B. du Bois. Volume 5

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 works of history. Written in very accessible prose, these two booklets, originally published in 1930, allowed W. E. B. Du Bois to reach a wide audience with an interest in Africa. What is so incredible about the two Africa booklets is their lasting relevance and value to the study of Africa today. Coupling Du Bois's breadth of scholarship with his passion for the subjects, the analyses in these booklets are integral to the study of Africa. Many of his arguments foreshadowed the issues and debates regarding Africa in the twentieth century. Expertly synthesized in an introduction by Emmanuel Akyeampong, this edition of the two Africa booklets is essential for anyone interested in African history. In 1897 a young sociologist who was already marked as a scholar of the highest promise submitted to the American Association of Political and Social Sciences a "plan for the study of the Negro problem". The product of that plan was the first great empirical book on the Negro in American society. William Edward Burghardt DuBois (1868-1963), Ph.D. from Harvard (class of 1890), was given a temporary post as Assistant in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in order to conduct in-depth studies on the Negro community in Philadelphia. The provost of the university was interested and sympathetic, but DuBois knew early on that white interest and sympathy were far from enough. He knew that scholarship was itself a great weapon in the Negro's struggle for a decent life. The Philadelphia Negro was originally published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1899. One of the first works to combine the use of urban ethnography, social history, and descriptive statistics, it has become a classic work in the social science literature. Both the issues the book raises and the evolution of DuBois's own thinking about the problems of black integration into American society sound strikingly contemporary. Among the intriguing aspects of The Philadelphia Negro are what it says about the author, about race in urban America and about social science at the time, but even more important is the fact that many of DuBois's observations can be made - in fact are being made - by investigators today. In his introduction to this edition, Elijah Anderson traces DuBois's life before his move to Philadelphia. He then examines how the neighborhood studied by DuBois has changed over the years, and he compares thestatus of blacks today with their status when the book was initially published. 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'ssociological 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, andseveral works of history.Collected in one volume for the first time, The World and Africa and Color and Democracy are two of W E. B. Du Bois's most powerful essays on race. He explores how to tell the story of those left out of recorded history, the evils of colonialism worldwide, and Africa's and African's contributionsto, and neglect from, world history. More than six decades after W. E. B. Du Bois wrote The World and Africa and Color and Democracy, they remain worthy guides for the twenty-first century. With a series introduction by editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and two introductions by top African scholars,this edition is essential for anyone interested in world history In 1897 the promising young sociologist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was given a temporary post as Assistant in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in order to conduct in-depth studies of the Negro community in Philadelphia. The product of those studies was the first great empirical book on the Negro in American society. More than one hundred years after its original publication by the University of Pennsylvania Press, The Philadelphia Negro remains a classic work. It is the first, and perhaps still the finest, example of engaged sociological scholarship - the kind of work that, in contemplating social reality, helps to change it. The Philadelphia Negro provides a priceless view of Du Bois as a black intellectual in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and of his development as a scholar of race relations and economic injustice in this country. With a new and illuminating introduction by Professor Lawrence Bobo of Stanford University, this volume makes an essential cornerstone of Du Bois's scholarly work even more accessibel. (From Publisher Description)

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. DuBois'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 works of history.

The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois is a collection of Du Bois's works in 19 volumes. Each work is introduced by a brief essay by an eminent scholar and each volume includes a general introduction from the series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Spanning over a half-century, this collection is essential for anyone interested in African American history.

First published in 1930 as part of the Little Blue Book series, Africa, Its Geography, People, and Products and Africa - Its Place in Modern History are two short booklets meant to introduce Africa to the mainstream reader. In both, Du Bois sets out to prove to an often skeptical and racist public that Africa's role in the world has been just as persistent, complex, and significant a that of any other continent. In the first volume, Du Bois presents the reader with a geopolitical overview of the African continent that highlights its diversity. The second volume discusses the magnitude of the role that Africa has played in shaping the modern world 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 Accessible and well-researched, the arguments and analyses in both pamphlets foreshadow many of the issues and debates that characterize scholarship on Africa to this day. Now published together in one volume with a new introduction by Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong of harvard Uiversity, these two booklets provide an excellent introduction to the thems and debates that characterize African history. (From Publisher Description) Africa, its geography, people and products The geography of Africa The people The languages The products Political divisions of Africa Independent Africa Partially independent Africa British protectorates in South Africa Mandated territories Belgian Africa French Africa Portuguese Africa Spanish Africa Italian Africa Africa, its place in modern history William Edward Burghardt Du Bois : a chronology The plot A New England boy and reconstruction Education in the last decades of the nineteenth century Science and empire The concept of race The White world The Colored world within Propaganda and world war Revolution William Edward Burghardt Du Bois : a chronology "In her perceptive introduction to this edition, Irene Diggs sets this classic autobiography against its broad historical context and critically analyzes its theoretical and methodological significance."--Provided by publisher. 1. General Aim.-This study seeks to present the results of an inquiry undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania into the condition of the forty thousand or more people of Negro blood now living in the city of Philadelphia. The world and Africa / introduction by Mahmood Mamdani -- Color and democracy : colonies and peace / introduction by Gerald Horne.