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Author:

Varel, David A., author.

Title:

The lost black scholar : resurrecting Allison Davis in American social thought / David A. Varel.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

301 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Davis, Allison,--1902-1983.
University of Chicago--Biography.
Davis, Allison,--1902-1983.
University of Chicago.
African American anthropologists--Biography.
African American college teachers--Biography.
African American educators--Biography.
African American scholars--Biography.
African American anthropologists.
African American college teachers.
African American educators.
African American scholars.
Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

022653488X
9780226534886

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1004264943

LCCN:

2017041483

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)