Hanes Walton, Jr.: Architect of the Black Science of Politics
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 foundatio...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | IX, 92 p. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9783319755717 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-75571-7 |
