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

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Varel, David A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Davis, Allison, > 1902-1983.
University of Chicago > Biography.
African American anthropologists > Biography.
African American college teachers > Biography.
African American educators > Biography.
African American scholars > Biography.
University of Chicago.
African American anthropologists.
African American college teachers.
African American educators.
African American scholars.
Biographies.
Table of 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.

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