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Autore: | Smith Stephen Samuel <1942-> |
Titolo: | Boom for whom? : education, desegregation, and development in Charlotte / / Stephen Samuel Smith |
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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