ISBN: 978‐0‐1999‐4813‐0 Preston H. Smith II. Du Bois. Written in precise and scientific language he describes the systemic and personal discrimination faced by these residents and their efforts to cope in spite of that.
I thought about this book today when the Philadelphia prison reached an all time high of 9275 inmates, and when the senator, Arlen Spector decided that he was going to interrogate all immigrants at intake as to their legal status, just as the inmates in the 1800s were interrgoated as to their freeman status.Incredible insights regarding the story of slavery, emancipation, and urban life for African Americans in early Philadelphia. Also contains interesting biographical facts regarding W.E.B. For anyone interested in knowing the early Dubois, knowing the history of African-Americans in Philadelphia and seeing some of the earliest sociological scientific studies, this is a must read. The challenge is certainly to the reformers, who he fairly outrightly labels as racists, to prove their reforms will be of benefit. Thus partially by taking advantage of race prejudice, partially by greater economic efficiency and partially by the endeavour to maintain and raise wages, white workmen have not only monopolized the new industrial opportunities of an age which has transformed Philadelphia from a colonial town to a world-city, but have also been enabled to take from the Negro workman the opportunities he already enjoyed in certain lines of work (127) Unions – ‘white’ sometimes actually inserted as one of the qualifications, but more generally informally maintained.
Was able to get a large amount of research done in this one book, for use in my novel.https://thewire.in/history/reviving-t..."...The Philadelphia Negro, published in 1899, a book which deserves to be a foundational text of sociology (and was written before Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism)." But the clarity and sincerity in his thinking seems to be for the betterment of black people.
While he is understandably critical of the white power structure for the sorry condition of the black community, he does mince words for certain members of that community to take care of their community. This monograph is a contribution to the meagerly explored field of the analysis of newspaper content. United Kingdom Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study at Amazon.com. At points I thought I could be reading about present day Philly society while changing the names and expanding the scope from the city to the metropolitan area. "—from the Yale Review, May 1900. Having just read William Julius Wilson, it was fascinating to encounter similar findings 80 years apart – and much the same moralizing tone – in noting the high number of women widowed, separated ‘indicating economic stress, a high death rate and lax morality’ (70), and a tendency to late marriages. And this is what I think he believed could lie ahead. For those venturing outside of certain areas:The Negro who ventures away from the mass of his people and their organised life, finds himself alone, shunned and taunted, stared at and made uncomfortable; he can make few new friends, for his neighbors however well-disposed would shrink to add a Negro to their list of acquaintances…Consequently emigration from the ward has gone in groups and centred itself about some church… (297) While within African American areas:agents and owners will not usually repair the houses of the blacks willingly or improve them. ), but the level of rigorous scholarship and its depth of insight floored me just a bit. : Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban AmericaBy accessing this site you agree to be bound by the DuBois is unquestionably the father of modern Sociology, the more of this I read, the angrier I became that this is not universally recognized. DuBois immortalized Philadelphia’s Black Seventh Ward neighbourhood, one of America’s oldest urban black communities, in his 1899 sociological study The Philadelphia Negro. What is most clear is how African Americans were systematically shut out of manufacturing and better paid higher status jobs. Paper Hanger, Oyster Opener. ), but the level of rigorous scholarship and its depth of insight floored me just a bit. The Problem. The rise of the highly paid chefs and caterers, who catered to the very cream of Philadelphian Society and earned good wages until the fashion shifted towards European cuisine, exiling African Americans from the field all together. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.
Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Book Reviews. But only one. Instead then of social classes held together by strong ties of mutual interest we have in the case of the Negroes, classes who have much to keep them apart… (317) He also describes the ways in which class intersects with a racial hierarchy that puts Anglo-Saxon on the top, this white privilege is extended with some ‘reluctance’ to the Slav and Celt. Unlike DuBois’s work it doesn’t really get down to much of the lived experience of domestic workers, but is an invaluable data source on a subject too much ignored…the work of Black women. $35 Cloth. DuBois covers the hope inspired by the Haitian Revolution, the rise of multiple white mobs leading to an actual decrease of African Americans in the city between 1840 and 1850. Social Sciences Sociology Sociology, other; Frontmatter. DuBois is smart enough to note not just the losses of income here, but the impossibility of accumulating wealth. A lot of what we would/do believe to true is not.