W. E. B. Du Bois's Sociology: The Philadelphia Negro and Social Science
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 595, S. 146-156
ISSN: 1552-3349
The author addresses how, as a scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois transcended disciplinary boundaries & genre by providing answers to questions of racial colonialism & enslavement, the role of theory in social change, & the role of race in the dehumanization of the African, to name only a few. Here, the author offers a critical review of Du Bois's application of sociology to the study of the African diaspora in America in The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study. The article gives an overview of Du Bois's sociological research as historical, statistical, demographic, & cultural in nature -- the type of research that Du Bois demanded, must lead to social action. 9 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2004 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]