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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455343303321

Autore

Higginbotham Elizabeth

Titolo

Too much to ask [[electronic resource] ] : Black women in the era of integration / / Elizabeth Higginbotham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-7527-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Gender & American culture

Disciplina

378.1/9829/96073

Soggetti

African American women - Education (Higher)

African American women - Social conditions

African American college students

College integration - United States

Educational surveys - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1960's, increasing numbers of African American students entered predominantly white colleges and universities in northern and western USA. This work focuses on the women of this pioneering generation, examining their educational strategies and experiences.