Boom for whom? [[electronic resource] ] : education, desegregation, and development in Charlotte / / Stephen Samuel Smith

• Autore: Smith Stephen Samuel <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.2/63/0975676
• Soggetto topico: Busing for school integration - North Carolina - Charlotte - History; Education, Urban - Political aspects - North Carolina - Charlotte; School improvement programs - North Carolina - Charlotte
• Soggetto geografico: Charlotte (N.C.) Politics and government; Charlotte (N.C.) Economic conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-313) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Boom for Whom? -- Contents -- List of Maps, Tables, and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background: Regime Politics and the Purest Strain of the Southern Booster Gene -- 3. Swann's Way and the Heyday of Charlotte's Busing Plan -- 4. Swan Song for the Busing Plan? -- 5. Political Fluidity and the Alchemy of School Reform -- 6. Desegregation Buried in Potter's Field? The Reactivation of the Swann Case -- 7. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Compromise? -- 8. School Desegregation and the Uphill Flow of Civic Capacity -- Appendix -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores political and educational aspects of Charlotte's nationally praised school desegregation efforts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Boom for whom
• ISBN: 0-7914-8558-7; 1-4237-3935-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820891003321
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