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Author Erickson, Ansley T., author.

Title Making the unequal metropolis : school desegregation and its limits / Ansley T. Erickson.

Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Historical studies of urban America
Historical studies of urban America.
Contents Making inequality, 1945 -- 1968 -- Metropolitan visions of segregation and growth -- Desegregation from tokenism to moderation -- The curricular organization of segregated schooling -- The spatial organization of schooling and urban renewal -- Remaking inequality, 1968 -- 1998 -- The road to busing -- Busing resisted and transformed -- Busing lived and imagined -- Busing renegotiated -- The long road to the end of desegregation -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In a radically unequal United States, schools are often key sites in which injustice grows. Ansley T. Erickson's 'Making the Unequal Metropolis' presents a broad, detailed and damning argument about the inextricable interrelatedness of school policies and the persistence of metropolitan-scale inequality.
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Subject School integration -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 20th century.
School integration.
Tennessee -- Nashville.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Segregation in education -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 20th century.
Segregation in education.
Educational equalization -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 20th century.
Educational equalization.
Busing for school integration -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- History -- 20th century.
Busing for school integration.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Erickson, Ansley T. Making the unequal metropolis. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016 9780226025254 (DLC) 2015029148 (OCoLC)915774811
ISBN 9780226025391 (electronic book)
022602539X (electronic book)
9780226025254 (print)
022602525X (cloth ; alkaline paper)