The Philadelphia Negro. A Social Study. Together with a Special Report on Domestic Service by Isabel Eaton. Two folding charts; one large and in color, of the Seventh Ward, and the other double-page, folding, of the Seventh Ward. Large, thick 8vo,

The Philadelphia Negro. A Social Study. Together with a Special Report on Domestic Service by Isabel Eaton. Two folding charts; one large and in color, of the Seventh Ward, and the other double-page, folding, of the Seventh Ward. Large, thick 8vo, rebound in modern blue cloth with the title in gilt on the spine; original front wrapper reinforced with archival rice paper bound in. A good solid copy of a book seldom found without faults because of its size and binding. Phildelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1899 E600-900 First Edition Of The First Study Of Its Kind. Written while He was in the sociology department of the University of Pennsylvania. Examines virtually every aspect of Negro life in Philadelphia: population, occupations, health, the family, education, crime, religion, social activities, environment and inter-racial relations. LCP, Negro History, #236; Hampton Catalogue 4082; Partington 2126 See Illustration Overleaf