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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Analyzes the school integration controversy in Boston during the 1970s in terms of economic and historical forces and the power relationships that shaped it. Also evaluates the role of these forces in creating ethnic and racial divisions and considers the correspondences among economic processes; legal, political, and educational structures; and property relationships
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- I. A Brief Social and Economic History of Boston -- II. Urban Renewal, Educational Reform, and the Integration Controversy -- III. The Political Encapsulation of the Boston School Committee and Legal Maneuvers -- IV. Modernization of the School System -- V. School Committee Resistance and Accommodation to the Court Order -- VI. Public Opposition to School Desegregation: Protest in a Boston Neighborhood -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index