ISBN:
9780520276352
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (323 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Scholar Denied : W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Du Bois, W. E. B. -- (William Edward Burghardt), -- 1868-1963
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Sociologists -- United States
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Sociologists
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Sociology -- United States -- History
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Du Bois, W. E. B ; (William Edward Burghardt) ; 1868-1963
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Sociologists ; United States
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Sociologists
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Sociology ; United States ; History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
In this groundbreaking book, Aldon D. Morris's ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, Morris, a major scholar of social movements, probes the way in which the history of the discipline has traditionally given credit to Robert E. Park at the University of Chicago, who worked with the conservative black leader Booker T. Washington to render Du Bois invisible. Morris uncovers the seminal theoretical
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The Scholar Denied; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Race and the Birth of American Sociology; 1. The Rise of Scientific Sociology in America; 2. Du Bois, Scientific Sociology, and Race; 3. The Du Bois-Atlanta School of Sociology; 4. The Conservative Alliance of Washington and Park; 5. The Sociology of Black America: Park versus Du Bois; 6. Max Weber Meets Du Bois; 7. Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School; 8. Legacies and Conclusions; Notes; References; Illustration Credits; Index
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