W.E.B. Du Bois and the Sociological Imagination

Robert A. Wortham is Professor of Sociology, North Carolina Central University. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

• Introduction: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Scientific Study of Society: 1897-1914 (Robert Wortham)I. The Scientific Study of Society and Social Problems (Robert Wortham) 1. The Study of SocietyReading 1: Sociology HesitantReading 2: The Study of the Negro Problems2. Research MethodsReading 3: The Scope of This Study and the ProblemReading 4: The Twelfth Census and the Negro ProblemsII. Social Structure and Social Processes (Robert Wortham) 3. Culture and SocializationReading 5: Strivings of the Negro PeopleReading 6: The Sorrow Songs4. Religion and Social StructureReading 7: The Function of the Negro ChurchReading 8: The Negro Church in Atlanta5. StratificationReading 9: The Negro Race in the United States of AmericaReading 10: Social Classes and Amusements6. Deviance and CrimeReading 11: The Causes of Crime and PovertyReading 12: The Extent of Negro Crime and Some ConclusionsIII. Dimensions of Inequality (Robert Wortham)7. FamilyReading 13: The Negro American Family and Sexual MoralsReading 14: The Social Life of Country and City Families8. EducationReading 15: High School Education and the Outlook for Negro American StudentsReading 16: The College-Bred Negro American 9. WorkReading 17: Faults and Accomplishments of Industrial SchoolsReading 18: The Economics of Emancipation and the Occupations of Negroes10. Income and PovertyReading 19: Negro Family Income in Philadelphia's Seventh WardReading 20: The Negroes of Farmville, Virginia11. HealthReading 21: The Health of NegroesReading 22: Negro American Physicians12. RaceReading 23: The Relations of the Negroes to the Whites in the SouthReading 24: Race Friction between Black and WhiteIV. Social Dynamics (Robert Wortham)13. PopulationReading 25: Sources of the Negro PopulationReading 26: Mortality among Negro Americans14. Urban and Rural LifeReading 27: The Black North in 1901: BostonReading 28: The Negro As He Really Is15. Social ChangeReading 29: The Atlanta ConferencesReading 30: Resolutions and Conclusions on Crime, Health, Work, Education and MoralsBibliography of Du Bois' Early Sociological Works (Robert Wortham)Selected Further Readings on Du Bois' Sociological Legacy (Robert Wortham)

"A marvelous showcase of Du Bois's sociological imagination. No other collection of Du Bois's writings provides such rich historical background." -- Edward J Blum, Author of "W E B Du Bois, American Prophet"