The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology

by Aldon D. Morris

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking book, Aldon D. Morris's ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, Morris, a major scholar of social movements, probes the way in which the history of the discipline has traditionally given credit to Robert E. Park at the University...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520286766
• ISBN13: 9780520286764
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.8"