Title: The problem of the color line at the turn of the twentieth century :
Authors: Du Bois, W. E. B.; Chandler, Nahum Dimitri; Chandler, Nahum Dimitri,
Date: 2014
Publisher: Fordham University Press,
Physical description: 370 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: This volume assembles essential essays some published only posthumously, others obscure, another only recently translated by W. E. B. Du Bois from 1894 to early 1906. They show the first formulations of some of his most famous ideas, namely, "the veil," "double-consciousness," and the "problem of the color line." Moreover, the deep historical sense of the formation of the modern world that informs Du Bois's thought and gave rise to his understanding of "the problem of the color line" is on display here. Indeed, the essays constitute an essential companion to Du Bois's masterpiece published in 1903 as The Souls of Black Folk. The collection is based on two editorial principles: presenting the essays in their entirety and in strict chronological order. Copious annotation affords both student and mature scholar an unprecedented grasp of the range and depth of Du Bois's everyday intellectual and scholarly reference.
Contents: Introduction. Toward a new history of the centuries: On the early writings of W.E.B. Du Bois / Nahum Dimitri Chandler -- The afro-American (ca. 1894) -- The conservation of races (1897) -- Strivings of the negro people (1897) -- Appendix: Résumé of the discussion of the negro problems (1897) -- The present outlook for the dark races of mankind (1900) -- The spirit of modern Europe (ca. 1900) -- The Freedman's bureau (1901) -- The relation of the Negroes to the Whites in the South (1901) -- The talented tenth (1903) -- The development of a people (1904) -- Sociology hesitant (ca. 1905) -- Die negerfrage in den vereinigten staaten (The Negro question in the United States) (1906).
Subject headings (LCSH): African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.; African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.; African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963--Political and social views.; United States--Race relations.