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Boom for whom? education, desegregation, and development in Charlotte
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- Summary
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Explores political and educational aspects of Charlotte's nationally praised school desegregation efforts.
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- Creator
- Stephen Samuel Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (348 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0791459853, 9780791459850, 1423739353, 0791459861, 9780791459867, 9780791485583, 9781423739357, 0791485587
- OCLC
- ocm54073920, ocm62757353, ocm62338577
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-313) and index.
- English
- 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