{"product_id":"the-philadelphia-negro-a-social-study-9781512824346","title":"The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 a systematic investigation of social conditions in the seventh ward of Philadelphia. The product of those studies was the first great empirical book on the Negro in American society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than one hundred years after its original publication by the University of Pennsylvania Press, \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Negro\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction, Elijah Anderson examines how the neighborhood studied by Du Bois has changed over the years and compares the status of blacks today with their status when the book was initially published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)\u003c\/b\u003e was an American sociologist, socialist, historian and civil rights activist who served as editor of the NAACP's journal \u003ci\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e. His seminal works include \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folks\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlack Reconstruction in America\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDusk of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElijah Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497729528082,"sku":"9781512824346","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91887242-4ab6-4c46-9599-a21f71198b7c.jpg?v=1730718314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-philadelphia-negro-a-social-study-9781512824346","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}