These studies present the achievements and hopes of the Institute for Research in Social Science in its efforts to upgrade the resources and culture of the South. They emphasize the extraordinary wealth and variety of the South's resources and urge the need for developing the science, the skilled research, and the educational leadership that would convert the natural wealth into capital wealth for the enrichment of the region and the nation. Originally published in 1945. A UNC Press Enduring Edition - UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

To know the soul of a people and to find the source from which flows the expression of folk-thought is to comprehend in a large measure the capabilities of that people. To obtain the truest expression of the folk-mind and feeling is to reveal much of the inner-consciousness of a race. And the knowledge of those evidences which are most representative of race life constitutes the groundwork of a knowledge of social and moral tendencies, hence of social and moral needs. The student of race traits and tendencies must accept testimony from within the race, and in the study of race character the value of true expressions of the feelings and mental imagery cannot be overestimated. Thus it is possible to approximate knowledge of a race. To bring a people face to face with themselves and to place them fairly before the world is the first service that can be rendered in the solution of race problems. To preserve and interpret the contributions of a people to civilization is to add to the science of folk-history. Posterity has often judged peoples without having so much as a passing knowledge of their inner life, while treasures of folk-lore and song, the psychic, religious, and social expression of the race, have been permitted to remain in complete obscurity. Likewise peoples have lived contemporaneously side by side, but ignorant of the treasures of folk-gems that lay hidden and wasting all about them. The heart and soul of the real people are unknown, science is deprived of a needed contribution, and the world is hindered in its effort to discover the full significance of the psychological, religious, social and political history of mankind.

With its broad scope, its sound viewpoint, and its ripened judgment, this book is as valuable to the experienced social worker as to the beginner in the field. The author deals with topics concerning the prerequisites for the social worker, modern social problems and trends, problems of child welfare, human factors in industry and agriculture, community organization, and the rapidly growing city. Originally published in 1926.
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Perhaps there is no field in which accurate information and dependable direction are more eagerly sought by old and new officials, legislative bodies, civic and social agencies, and citizens in general than in public welfare. This volume is an effort to meet the demand for comprehensive information concerning the scope, organization, and administration of state systems of public welfare in the United States. Originally published in 1925.
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Landmark Work In African-American Studies And In The Field Of Ethnomusicology, Co-Written By A Major Figure In The Writing Of The History Of The Southern United States.

Landmark Work In African-American Studies And In The Field Of Ethnomusicology, Co-Written By A Major Figure In The Writing Of The History Of The Southern United States.

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Landmark Work In African-American Studies And In The Field Of Ethnomusicology, Co-Written By A Major Figure In The Writing Of The History Of The Southern United States.

Landmark Work In African-American Studies And In The Field Of Ethnomusicology, Co-Written By A Major Figure In The Writing Of The History Of The Southern United States.

This study of typical Afro-American songs in the South is a foundation study of great importance both to the specialist and to the general reader. With scholarly investigation is combined intelligent sympathy and a rare understanding of the black in his various aspects. The book discusses the religious songs, the social songs, and the work songs of the Afro-American. Originally published in 1925.
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This is a collection of characterizations of such significant southern leaders as Woodrow Wilson, Charles Aycock, Joel Chandler Harris, Booker T. Washington, and others. They were leaders whose contributions resulted from hard work and devotion to special causes rather than to any dominance of self, leaders whose personalities and capacities were able to adapt to changing needs. Originally published in 1925.
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This is the story of racial tension in the United States during the year of global war from mid-1942 to 1943. The author sees three groups to blame for this tension: the new Afro-American, better educated, better aware of his economic potentialities; northern agitators campaigning for black rights; and the old white South, unwilling to relinquish its traditional folkways.
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