Commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania and published in 1899, it was the first case study of a black community in the United States and one of the earliest examples of sociology as a statistically based social science.
It was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania. It was published in 1899. It was the first case study of a black community in the United States as a statistically based social science. It was the first case study of one of the earliest examples of sociology as a statistically based social science.