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Black scholars on the line

by Jonathan Scott Holloway, Ben Keppel · 2007

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Black Scholars on the Line: Race, Social Science, and American Thought in the Twentieth Century explores the development of American social science by highlighting the contributions of those scholars who were both students and objects of a segregated society. The book asks how segregation has influenced, and continues to influence, the development of American social thought and social science scholarship.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 600 pages

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