| The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study Subjects: Afro-Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Domestics -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions; The Philadelphia Negro is the first, and perhaps still the finest, example of engaged sociological scholarship--the kind of work that, in contemplating social reality, helps to change it. Elijah Anderson is Charles and William L. Day Professor of Social Science, and Professor of Sociology, at the University of Pennsylvania. |