The Philadelphia Negro - zapomenutý počátek empirické sociologie ve Spojených státech amerických
| Autor: | Jeřábek, Hynek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Sociology & anthropology
Soziologie Anthropologie W. E. B. Du Bois Philadelphia Negro first sociological school Allgemeine Soziologie Makrosoziologie spezielle Theorien und Schulen Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie General Sociology Basic Research General Concepts and History of Sociology Sociological Theories USA empirische Sozialforschung historische Entwicklung United States of America empirical social research historical development 10200 |
| Zdroj: | Historická sociologie / Historical Sociology, 1, 55-73 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 1804-0616 |
| Popis: | This paper focuses on "The Philadelphia Negro": a community study that stands at the start of American social research. This somewhat forgotten empirical study from 1899 describes the historical conditions and the economic and social causes and circumstances behind the formation and existence of the "Seventh Ward", a slum neighbourhood in Philadelphia inhabited by African-Americans. The study used survey and other methods of observation and analysis of historical, economic and social data. The study was written by the erudite Harvard University graduate William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an African-American, and an economist, historian and sociologist. Using primary and secondary literature and archive sources this paper shows that Du Bois was the author of the first empirical social research study in the United States. It looks at his life, his research, and his opinions on racial issues. He created a programme of research on the African-American population and from 1898 to 1910 he headed the first school of sociology on the American continent at the University of Atlanta. He published the results of scientific analyses of the lives of African-Americans in the south of the United States in sixteen volumes of the Atlanta University Studies. Racial prejudices among the American sociological elites prevented both Du Bois and his work from receiving the attention they rightly deserve. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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