After Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and retreat of school desegregation / / Charles T. Clotfelter |
Autore | Clotfelter Charles T |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 379.2/63/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
School integration - United States
Segregation in education - United States Education and state - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Academic achievement
Affirmative action African Americans Asian Americans Attendance Black school Border Region Brown v. Board of Education Calculation Catholic school Census tract Central State University Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Civil Rights Act of 1964 Classroom Common Core State Standards Initiative Community college De jure Desegregation busing Desegregation Education Elementary school Equal Education Equal opportunity Ethnic group Extracurricular activity Finding Fort Wayne Community Schools Gary Orfield Gordon Allport Graduate school Gunnar Myrdal Harvard College Harvard University Higher education Historically black colleges and universities Household Income Institution Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Junior college Kindergarten Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Magnet school Matriculation Metropolitan statistical area Middle school Milliken v. Bradley Minority group Mixed-sex education National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association of Independent Schools National Center for Education Statistics New York City Department of Education Ninth grade Of Education Office for Civil Rights Pell Grant Percentage point Percentage Policy debate Private school Private sector Private university Psychologist Public school (United Kingdom) Public university Racial "a. Racial integration Racial segregation Racism Rates (tax) School choice School district School of education Secondary education Secondary school Self-esteem Separate school Slavery Social class Social science Sociology Special education State school Student Students' union Suburb Sweatt v. Painter Teacher Tenth grade Tuition payments Undergraduate education University and college admission University of North Carolina University-preparatory school University White flight Year |
ISBN |
9786613291066
1-283-29106-1 1-4008-4133-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Walls Came Tumbling Down -- CHAPTER TWO. The Legacies of Brown and Milliken -- CHAPTER THREE. Residential Segregation and "White Flight" -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Private School Option -- CHAPTER FIVE. Inside Schools: Classrooms and School Activities -- CHAPTER SIX. Higher Learning and the Color Line -- CHAPTER SEVEN. So What? -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790954303321 |
Clotfelter Charles T | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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After Brown : the rise and retreat of school desegregation / / Charles T. Clotfelter |
Autore | Clotfelter Charles T |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 379.2/63/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
School integration - United States
Segregation in education - United States Education and state - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Academic achievement
Affirmative action African Americans Asian Americans Attendance Black school Border Region Brown v. Board of Education Calculation Catholic school Census tract Central State University Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Civil Rights Act of 1964 Classroom Common Core State Standards Initiative Community college De jure Desegregation busing Desegregation Education Elementary school Equal Education Equal opportunity Ethnic group Extracurricular activity Finding Fort Wayne Community Schools Gary Orfield Gordon Allport Graduate school Gunnar Myrdal Harvard College Harvard University Higher education Historically black colleges and universities Household Income Institution Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Junior college Kindergarten Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Magnet school Matriculation Metropolitan statistical area Middle school Milliken v. Bradley Minority group Mixed-sex education National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association of Independent Schools National Center for Education Statistics New York City Department of Education Ninth grade Of Education Office for Civil Rights Pell Grant Percentage point Percentage Policy debate Private school Private sector Private university Psychologist Public school (United Kingdom) Public university Racial "a. Racial integration Racial segregation Racism Rates (tax) School choice School district School of education Secondary education Secondary school Self-esteem Separate school Slavery Social class Social science Sociology Special education State school Student Students' union Suburb Sweatt v. Painter Teacher Tenth grade Tuition payments Undergraduate education University and college admission University of North Carolina University-preparatory school University White flight Year |
ISBN |
9786613291066
1-283-29106-1 1-4008-4133-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Walls Came Tumbling Down -- CHAPTER TWO. The Legacies of Brown and Milliken -- CHAPTER THREE. Residential Segregation and "White Flight" -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Private School Option -- CHAPTER FIVE. Inside Schools: Classrooms and School Activities -- CHAPTER SIX. Higher Learning and the Color Line -- CHAPTER SEVEN. So What? -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827246203321 |
Clotfelter Charles T | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554222803321 |
Tyson Neil deGrasse | ||
Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A city is not a computer : other urban intelligences / / Shannon Mattern |
Autore | Mattern Shannon Christine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 307.1216 |
Collana | Places books |
Soggetto topico |
Urban renewal
Sociology, Urban Smart cities City planning |
Soggetto non controllato |
Accessibility
Advertising American Forests Archivist Bloomberg Terminal CARTO Career Civic engagement Climate change Collaboration Colonialism CompStat Computation Computer scientist Consideration Conspiracy theory Control engineering Control room Copyright Critical practice Cultural heritage Data set Database Decision tree Decision-making Design tool Designer Digital humanities Ecosystem Emerging technologies Entrepreneurship Environmental justice Epistemology Eric Klinenberg Funding Generative Design Geographer Governance Hardware store Household Ideology Illustration Information literacy Information management Information science Infrastructure Institution Knowledge economy Laundry Librarian Librarians Library Literature Machine learning Measurement Mierle Laderman Ukeles Movement for Black Lives Obsolescence Operating system Operationalization Oslo School of Architecture and Design Park Pedagogy Philosopher Police Politics Pollution Princeton University Press Processing (programming language) Public Knowledge Public infrastructure Public library Publishing Push-button Racism Real estate development Reproductive labor Restorative justice Scaffolding Sidewalk Labs Smart city Smartphone Supply chain Tax Technology Telecommunication The Various Tree planting Unemployment University of California, Berkeley University of Toronto University of Washington Urban ecology Urban history Urban planning Urbanism Washington University in St. Louis Wi-Fi Year |
ISBN | 0-691-22675-X |
Classificazione | RB 10627 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Cities, Trees & -- Algorithms -- 1. City Console -- 2. A City Is Not a Computer -- 3. Public Knowledge -- 4. Maintenance Codes -- Conclusion Platforms, Grafts & -- Arboreal Intelligence -- Notes -- Index -- Photo Credits. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554233203321 |
Mattern Shannon Christine | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coastal landscapes of South Australia / / by Robert P. Bourman, Colin V. Murray-Wallace and Nick Harvey [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bourman Robert P. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Adelaide Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 551.4570994 |
Collana |
Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
Soggetto topico | Coasts - Australia - South Australia |
Soggetto non controllato |
coast of kangaroo island
yorke peninsula coastline coast of south australia northern spencer gulf coast golf coast of eyre peninsula gulf st vincent tidal coastline limestone coast kangaroo island river murray estuary bight coast samphire coast west coast of eyre peninsula northern gulf st vincent tidal coastline coastal landscapes of south australia fleurieu peninsula coast coorong coastal plain coast of metropolitan adelaide Dune Eolianite Sand Sea level Year |
ISBN |
9781925261219
9781925261226 9781925261202 paperback |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Coastal landscapes of South Australia -- 2. The coast of metropolitan Adelaide -- 3. The Fleurieu Peninsula coast -- 4. The River Murray estuary -- 5. The Coorong coastal plain and the Limestone coast -- 6. The northern Gulf St Vincent tidal coastline (the Sapphire coast) -- 7. The Yorke Peninsula coastline -- 8. The northern Spencer Gulf coast -- 9. The Gulf coast of Eyre Peninsula -- 10. The Bight coast : West coast of Eyre Peninsula -- 11. Kangaroo Island -- 12. Explaining the coastal landscapes of South Australia : a synthesis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137102103321 |
Bourman Robert P. | ||
University of Adelaide Press, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cogs and monsters : what economics is, and what it should be / / Diane Coyle |
Autore | Coyle Diane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton ; ; Oxford : , : Princeton University Press, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 257 pages |
Disciplina | 330 |
Soggetto topico |
economics
digital economy innovation history |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adoption
Advocacy Alan Greenspan Arrow's impossibility theorem Artificial neural network Austerity Big government Billionaire Brown University Calculation Capability (systems engineering) Central bank Civic engagement Competition and Markets Authority Competitiveness Conventional wisdom David Colander Democracy Digital economy Economic statistics Economics Economist Economy of Italy Economy Efficient-market hypothesis Everyday life Expense Externality Financial crisis of 2007–08 Financial crisis Food bank Globalization Government Homo economicus Human science Implementation Incentive Inflation Inseparability Institutional economics Insurance policy John Rawls Kenneth Arrow Keynesian economics Knowledge spillover Legitimacy (political) Literature Macroeconomics Mainstream economics Marginal cost Minarchism Monetarism Monetary policy Money supply Nate Silver Neoliberalism Network theory New neoclassical synthesis Paul Romer Payment Philosopher Policy Political economy Political science Politician Politics Power supply unit (computer) Pragmatism Production function Profession Psychological well-being Quality management Radio spectrum Real estate economics Recession Reputation Research and development Rhetorical question Road pricing Rule of thumb School of thought Small government Social cost Social structure Socialist calculation debate Sputnik crisis Suggestion Supply chain Supporter Technocracy Test score Thomas Robert Malthus Trade association Transport economics Undergraduate degree Undergraduate education Unemployment Unpopularity Utilitarianism Year |
ISBN | 0-691-23103-6 |
Classificazione | BUS069000BUS051000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Economics Today and Tomorrow -- The Public Responsibilities of the Economist -- The Economist as Outsider -- AIs, Rats and Humans -- Cogs and Monsters -- Changing Technology, Changing Economics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554276703321 |
Coyle Diane | ||
Princeton ; ; Oxford : , : Princeton University Press, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas |
Autore | Borjas George J |
Edizione | [With a New preface by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 325.73 |
Soggetto topico | Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Americans
Alejandro Portes Americans Calculation Capitalism Citizenship of the United States Competition Consideration Consumer Cost-benefit analysis Dani Rodrik David Autor David Card Demography Developed country Economic efficiency Economic growth Economic impact analysis Economic inequality Economic problem Economics Economist Economy of the United States Economy Employment Entrepreneurship Ethnic enclave Ethnic group Externality Gary Becker George J. Borjas Globalization H-1B visa Household Human capital Illegal immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration policy Immigration reform Immigration to the United States Immigration Incentive Income distribution Income in the United States Income Industry International trade James Heckman Laborer Labour economics Language proficiency Legislation Mark Krikorian Market impact Medicaid Mexicans Michael Rothschild Michael Teitelbaum Multiculturalism National Longitudinal Surveys National Science Foundation Nationality Orley Ashenfelter Percentage point Percentage Peter Brimelow Point system (driving) Poverty Profession Rate of return Redistribution of income and wealth Refugee Residence Richard B. Freeman Second Great Migration (African American) Seminar Sherwin Rosen Skill Skilled worker Social capital Social mobility Social science Socioeconomic status Spillover effect Supply (economics) Tax Taxpayer Underclass Unemployment United States Census Bureau United States Wage Wealth Welfare dependency Welfare reform Welfare state Welfare Well-being Workforce Year |
ISBN |
1-283-33989-7
9786613339898 1-4008-4150-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1. Reframing the Immigration Debate -- CHAPTER 2. The Skills of Immigrants -- CHAPTER 3. National Origin -- CHAPTER 4. The Labor Market Impact of Immigration -- CHAPTER 5. The Economic Benefits from Immigration -- CHAPTER 6. Immigration and the Welfare State -- CHAPTER 7. Social Mobility across Generations -- CHAPTER 8. Ethnic Capital -- CHAPTER 9. Ethnic Ghettos -- CHAPTER 10. The Goals of Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 11. A Proposal for an Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781570503321 |
Borjas George J | ||
Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas |
Autore | Borjas George J |
Edizione | [With a New preface by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 325.73 |
Soggetto topico | Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Americans
Alejandro Portes Americans Calculation Capitalism Citizenship of the United States Competition Consideration Consumer Cost-benefit analysis Dani Rodrik David Autor David Card Demography Developed country Economic efficiency Economic growth Economic impact analysis Economic inequality Economic problem Economics Economist Economy of the United States Economy Employment Entrepreneurship Ethnic enclave Ethnic group Externality Gary Becker George J. Borjas Globalization H-1B visa Household Human capital Illegal immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration policy Immigration reform Immigration to the United States Immigration Incentive Income distribution Income in the United States Income Industry International trade James Heckman Laborer Labour economics Language proficiency Legislation Mark Krikorian Market impact Medicaid Mexicans Michael Rothschild Michael Teitelbaum Multiculturalism National Longitudinal Surveys National Science Foundation Nationality Orley Ashenfelter Percentage point Percentage Peter Brimelow Point system (driving) Poverty Profession Rate of return Redistribution of income and wealth Refugee Residence Richard B. Freeman Second Great Migration (African American) Seminar Sherwin Rosen Skill Skilled worker Social capital Social mobility Social science Socioeconomic status Spillover effect Supply (economics) Tax Taxpayer Underclass Unemployment United States Census Bureau United States Wage Wealth Welfare dependency Welfare reform Welfare state Welfare Well-being Workforce Year |
ISBN |
1-283-33989-7
9786613339898 1-4008-4150-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1. Reframing the Immigration Debate -- CHAPTER 2. The Skills of Immigrants -- CHAPTER 3. National Origin -- CHAPTER 4. The Labor Market Impact of Immigration -- CHAPTER 5. The Economic Benefits from Immigration -- CHAPTER 6. Immigration and the Welfare State -- CHAPTER 7. Social Mobility across Generations -- CHAPTER 8. Ethnic Capital -- CHAPTER 9. Ethnic Ghettos -- CHAPTER 10. The Goals of Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 11. A Proposal for an Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826648303321 |
Borjas George J | ||
Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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