Routledge Historical Foundations of Black Reflective Sociology

John H. Stanfield II, a leading historian of Black social science, distills decades of his research and thinking in a set of articles―some original to the volume, others from fugitive sources―that trace the trajectories of Black scholars and scholarship in relationship to the broader African American experience over the past two centuries. Stanfield’s signature contributions to this research tradition range from the role of philanthropy in the study and life of African Americans to institutional racism in sociology and the impacts of race on scholarly careers. His analyses run from global formulations to individual biographies, including his own, and stretch from the early decades of social science to the present. This work creates a nuanced historical context for reflective Black sociology that will be of interest to social historians, sociologists, and scholars of color from all disciplines. Review "Both of these volumes are an important addition to the wider body of scholarship that has sought to critically explore the evolution of research on race and ethnic relations. Though very much focused on the American literature in this field there is much that scholars from a wide range of disciplines and national contexts can learn from Stanfield's account of the way in which knowledge on race and ethnicity has been produced over the years." --John Solomos, Ethnic and Racial Studies About the Author John H. Stanfield, II is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, African Studies, American Studies, International Studies, Philanthropic Studies, and Sociology and Director of The Research Program on Transcultural and Intercultural Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University Bloomington and is a consulting faculty member with Fielding Graduate University School of Human and Organization Development, a honorary faculty member of Unipalmares University in Sao Paulo Brazil, and is a recent Distinguished Fulbright Chair in American Studies and Sociology at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is author and editor of numerous articles and books on research methods, African American studies, philanthropy, and social theory.