after reading black reconstruction first i think u can tell dubois was a little younger writing this and a lot more of the interesting socialist interpolations here arent as especially and poetically pointed out as they mightve been later on in his life, but the introduction included dubois emphasis on his own continuing honesty in his work and this reads like one of the most heartwrenching most beautifully honest works 2 ever be written in the field of social sciences. i never understood why social sciences found themselves broken up and divided betweeen polysci socioogy anthropology etc. when for over a century authors like dubois have so masterfully demonstrated their nature as One and The Same.. this was beautiful. it touched on important sociological questions while emphasizing his own narrative and personal influence, and subsumes that into the study damn 'subjectivity'. it does read like it was written for white ppl and there r feels of elitism but all this has to be underscored by dubois' continuing honesty which makes this both a landmark book of study and a deeply personal look at his own Soul