In her perceptive introduction to this edition, Irene Diggs sets this classic autobiography against its broad historical context and critically analyzes its theoretical and methodological significance.
Format:
CONTRIBUTORS: W. E. B. DuBois
EAN: 9780878559176
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 498 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Inc
DATE PUBLISHED: 1983-01-30
CITY:
GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
Society and culture: general, Sociology
-DuBois has done well for his own future standing in the light of history and for the correct interpretation of his people and their problem by writing this noteworthy book.- --Saturday Review -DuBois describes in a mood of mounting intensity, sternly held in check, his own changing attitudes towards the restricting bars set up against the world of color. The story of DuBois' life, devoted to a program of action against these restrictions, presents an unforgettable picture of the changing life of our time.- --Library Journal, "DuBois has done well for his own future standing in the light of history and for the correct interpretation of his people and their problem by writing this noteworthy book." --Saturday Review "DuBois describes in a mood of mounting intensity, sternly held in check, his own changing attitudes towards the restricting bars set up against the world of color. The story of DuBois' life, devoted to a program of action against these restrictions, presents an unforgettable picture of the changing life of our time." --Library Journal, "DuBois has done well for his own future standing in the light of history and for the correct interpretation of his people and their problem by writing this noteworthy book." --Saturday Review "DuBois describes in a mood of mounting intensity, sternly held in check, his own changing attitudes towards the restricting bars set up against the world of color. The story of DuBois' life, devoted to a program of action against these restrictions, presents an unforgettable picture of the changing life of our time." --Library Journal, "DuBois has done well for his own future standing in the light of history and for the correct interpretation of his people and their problem by writing this noteworthy "book."" "--Saturday Review" "DuBois describes in a mood of mounting intensity, sternly held in check, his own changing attitudes towards the restricting bars set up against the world of color. The story of DuBois' life, devoted to a program of action against these restrictions, presents an unforgettable picture of the changing life of our "time."" "--""Library Journal"
