African American Pioneers of Sociology A Critical History

Name: African American Pioneers of Sociology A Critical History
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ISBN: 9780802094056

ISBN-10: 0802094058

ISBN-13: 9780802094056

Edition: 2009

Authors: Pierre Saint-Arnaud, Peter Feldstein, Peter Feldstein

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In African American Pioneers of Sociology ,Pierre Saint-Arnaud examines the lasting contributions that African Americans have made to the field of sociology. Arguing that science is anything but a neutral construct, he defends the radical stances taken by early African American sociologists from accusations of intellectual infirmity by foregrounding the racist historical context of the time these influential works were produced.Examining key figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Edward Franklin Frazier, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Horace Roscoe Cayton, J.G. St. Clair Drake, and Oliver Cromwell Cox, Saint-Arnaudreveals the ways in which many aspects of modern sociology emerged from these authors’…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 2/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 394
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Pierre Saint-Arnaud is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Universitï¿½ Laval.

Pierre Saint-Arnaud is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Universitï¿½ Laval. Peter Feldstein is a Montreal-based freelance translator who specializes in literature, politics, and the sciences.



Preface


Introduction



Anglo-American Sociology and The Race Question



From the Civil War to the First World War


Sociological Theories of Race


From Biological Racism to Cultural Racism


From Race Problem to Race Relations



The Rise of the Chicago School


Origins of a Scientific Hothouse: 1892-1914


The Parkian Era


Park's Theory of Race Relations


Alternative Positions in the Interwar Period


Park versus Warner: The Outcome of a Dispute



From the Second World War to the 1960s


The Sociopolitical Landscape


Race Relations after the War


An American Dilemma


Scholarly Reactions to Myrdal



The Genesis of African American Sociology, 1896-1964



W.E.B. Du Bois: Scientific Sociology and Exclusion


Early Works


The Philadelphia Negro


Sources of Du Bois's Innovation


The Institution Builder


Controversy and Decline


A Limited Scientific Legacy


The Sociologist in His Time



Four 'New Negroes'


The Activist as Organization Man



Theorists of the Ghetto



Innovator and Iconoclast




Edward Franklin Frazier


The Committed Intellectual


The Emergence of a Social Scientist


Toward a More Radical Approach


The Poverty and Greatness of the Black Middle Class


For a Comparative World Sociology


The Importance of Theory


Frazier's Originality



From Explanation to Comprehension


Two Sociologies, One Society


Breaking Down the Barriers: Racism in Academia


The Solace of Culture


Postface: Imagining a Different History


Notes


Bibliography


Index