Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s - Softcover

Formisano, Ronald P.

 
9780807855263: Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080785526X ISBN 13: 9780807855263
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Perhaps the most spectacular reaction to court-ordered busing in the 1970s occurred in Boston, where there was intense and protracted protest. Ron Formisano explores the sources of white opposition to school desegregation. Racism was a key factor, Formisano argues, but racial prejudice alone cannot explain the movement. Class resentment, ethnic rivalries, and the defense of neighborhood turf all played powerful roles in the protest.

In a new epilogue, Formisano brings the story up to the present day, describing the end of desegregation orders in Boston and other cities. He also examines the nationwide trend toward the resegregation of schools, which he explains is the result of Supreme Court decisions, attacks on affirmative action, white flight, and other factors. He closes with a brief look at the few school districts that have attempted to base school assignment policies on class or economic status.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ronald P. Formisano is William T. Bryan Chair of American History at the University of Kentucky and author of The Transformation of Political Culture: Massachusetts Parties, 1780s-1840s

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080785526X
ISBN 13 
9780807855263
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Anzahl der Seiten
372
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