Introduction: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Scientific Study of Society: 1897-1914 (Robert Wortham)
I. The Scientific Study of Society and Social Problems (Robert Wortham)
1. The Study of Society
Reading 1: Sociology Hesitant
Reading 2: The Study of the Negro Problems
2. Research Methods
Reading 3: The Scope of This Study and the Problem
Reading 4: The Twelfth Census and the Negro Problems
II. Social Structure and Social Processes (Robert Wortham)
3. Culture and Socialization
Reading 5: Strivings of the Negro People
Reading 6: The Sorrow Songs
4. Religion and Social Structure
Reading 7: The Function of the Negro Church
Reading 8: The Negro Church in Atlanta
5. Stratification
Reading 9: The Negro Race in the United States of America
Reading 10: Social Classes and Amusements
6. Deviance and Crime
Reading 11: The Causes of Crime and Poverty
Reading 12: The Extent of Negro Crime and Some Conclusions
III. Dimensions of Inequality (Robert Wortham)
7. Family
Reading 13: The Negro American Family and Sexual Morals
Reading 14: The Social Life of Country and City Families
8. Education
Reading 15: High School Education and the Outlook for Negro American Students
Reading 16: The College-Bred Negro American
9. Work
Reading 17: Faults and Accomplishments of Industrial Schools
Reading 18: The Economics of Emancipation and the Occupations of Negroes
10. Income and Poverty
Reading 19: Negro Family Income in Philadelphia's Seventh Ward
Reading 20: The Negroes of Farmville, Virginia
11. Health
Reading 21: The Health of Negroes
Reading 22: Negro American Physicians
12. Race
Reading 23: The Relations of the Negroes to the Whites in the South
Reading 24: Race Friction between Black and White
IV. Social Dynamics (Robert Wortham)
13. Population
Reading 25: Sources of the Negro Population
Reading 26: Mortality among Negro Americans
14. Urban and Rural Life
Reading 27: The Black North in 1901: Boston
Reading 28: The Negro As He Really Is
15. Social Change
Reading 29: The Atlanta Conferences
Reading 30: Resolutions and Conclusions on Crime, Health, Work, Education and Morals
Bibliography of Du Bois' Early Sociological Works (Robert Wortham)
Selected Further Readings on Du Bois' Sociological Legacy (Robert Wortham)