| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 171 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
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EBL-Schweitzer |
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A cultured education -- A student of philosophy -- Ambition constrained -- The sociology of knowledge -- Social change and World War II -- The ambiguity of success -- Social philosophy and civil rights -- Conservative pan-Africanism -- White racism and black power |
| Summary |
At a time when almost all African American college students attended black colleges, philosopher William Fontaine was the only black member of the Penn faculty. Bruce Kuklick sheds light on Fontaine's career as a black scholar as well as on the discipline of philosophy and academic life at mid-century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-159) and index |
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"Bibliography of the writings of William Fontaine": pages 161-163 |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fontaine, William, 1909-1968.
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Fontaine, William, 1909-1968
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Fontaine, William, 1909-1968 |
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University of Pennsylvania. Faculty -- Biography
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African American educators -- Biography
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Philosophy teachers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Philosophers.
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African American educators
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Philosophy teachers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812205411 |
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0812205413 |
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