Morals and Manners among Negro Americans

Robert A. Wortham is professor in the Department of Sociology at North Carolina Central University.

• Chapter 1 Morals and Manners: An Introduction by Robert A. WorthamChapter 2 PROGRAM OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCEChapter 3 PREFACEChapter 4 RESOLUTIONSChapter 5 BIBLIOGRAPHYChapter 6 1. SCOPE OF THE INQUIRYChapter 7 2. THE GENERAL PROBLEMChapter 8 3. THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTChapter 9 4. GOOD MANNERSChapter 10 5. SOUND MORALSChapter 11 6. CLEANLINESSChapter 12 7. PERSONAL HONESTYChapter 13 8. HOME LIFEChapter 14 9. REARING OF CHILDRENChapter 15 10. AMUSEMENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLEChapter 16 11. CARING FOR OLD PEOPLEChapter 17 12. THE CHURCHChapter 18 13. PRESENT CONDITIONS COMPARED WITH PASTChapter 19 14. CONCLUSION

The recent spate of monographs on, and reprints of Du Bois's sociological discourse leaves little room to doubt his pioneering contributions to the development of a distinctly "American" sociology. Robert Wortham's reprint of Morals and Manners demonstrates that the innovative empirical sociology of religion Du Bois inaugurated in his 1903 classic, The Negro Church, was endeavored again a decade later. Even the most discerning scholars of Du Bois's sociology will marvel at Wortham's meticulous introduction, which cogently situates Du Bois's "scientific sociology" within the emerging world of sociology at the turn of the twentieth century. In short, Wortham's work here is nothing less than brilliant, as it promises to bring Du Bois's sociological discourse to an even wider audience. This volume symbolizes not simply a much-needed reprint but, even more, a long-awaited revival!