Joyce James

1971 · ref. A47847 — Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright though there is generalized light toning to the pages. The dust jacket has some light edge wear rubbing and some nicking and a couple of tears to the spine ends and corners. "In 1968 she was appointed assistant professor of sociology and curriculum specialist at the Southern Illinois University at East St. Louis. In 1969 she became a senior research fellow at the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta Georgia. Other major research positions that followed include transracial adoption work funded by the Cummins Engine Foundation and a visiting fellowship at the Metropolitan Applied Research Center. In 1970 Ladner conducted postdoctoral work as a research associate at the University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania. In Tanzania she completed research on "The Roles of Tanzanian Women in Community Development." In 1977 she embarked on a study of "The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the Career Patterns of Ex-Activists" which was funded by the Ford Foundation. The next year she served on the committee on Evaluation of Poverty Research at the National Academy of Sciences. " from Wikipedia; 304p. pages; Pictured 2/7/24 . 1971. Doubleday & Company hardcover