The Philadelphia Negro: a Social Study
Description:... IN AN appendix to his famous study of the American Negro, An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal discussed the need for further research in the Negro community. "We cannot close this description of what a study of a Negro community should be" he wrote, "without calling attention to the study which best meets our requirements, a study which is now all but forgotten. We refer to W. E. B. DuBois' The Philadelphia Negro, published in 1899." One would hardly expect a greater tribute to this early classic in American sociology. It is no wonder that there has not been a scholarly study of the American Negro in the twentieth century, which has not referred to and utilized the empirical findings, the research methods, and the theoretical point of view of this seminal book.A classic is sometimes defined as a book that is often referred to but seldom read. The Philadelphia Negro, written by a young scholar who subsequently became one of the three most famous Negro leaders in American history
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