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The lost black scholar : resurrecting Allison Davis in American social thought /

In 'The Lost Black Scholar', David A. Varel tells Davis's compelling story, showing how a combination of institutional racism, disciplinary eclecticism, and iconoclastic thinking effectively sidelined him as an intellectual. A close look at Davis's career sheds light not only on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Varel, David A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Coming of age during Jim Crow
  • Harlem from Hampton
  • The making of a social anthropologist
  • Into the southern "wilds"
  • Caste, class, and personality
  • Bending the academic color line
  • Critiquing middle-class culture
  • Rethinking intelligence
  • From Brown v. Board to Head Start
  • Conclusion.