Hanes Walton, Jr. Architect of the Black Science of Politics
Synopsis
Hanes Walton Jr. (1941-2013) was a pioneering and prolific scholar of African American politics, and the architect of the modern scientific study of the subject.The first person to earn a PhD in political science from Howard University, Walton devoted his career to laying the intellectual foundations in his writings, and lobbying for the establishment of black politics as a subfield in political science. This study comprehensively analyses Walton’s corpus, while providing a history of the development of the study of black politics in political science. It concludes with an analysis of how the subfield has evolved since Walton’s pioneering work.
Book details
- Author:
- Robert C. Smith
- ISBN:
- 9783319755717
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319755700
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2018-04-21
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Categories:
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History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government