| Edition |
1st Broadway paperbacks ed. |
| Description |
318 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Crown Pub., 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
To The Reader -- Looking Backward: 1964-1991 -- Chapter 1: Life on the Mississippi -- Chapter 2: Other People's Children -- Chapter 3: The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York -- Chapter 4: Children of the City invincible -- Chapter 5: The Equality of Innocence -- Chapter 6: The Dream Deferred, Again in San Antonio -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Summary |
National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller which has sold more than 85,000 hardcover copies. The book provides readers with an opportunity to get involved with a postcard they can sign and mail to the president at the White House. (Education). |
| Subject |
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
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Children with social disabilities -- Education. |
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United States. |
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Children of minorities -- Education -- United States.
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Children of minorities -- Education. |
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Segregation in education -- United States.
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Segregation in education. |
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Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education, Urban -- Social aspects. |
| ISBN |
9780770435684 (paperback) |
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0770435688 (paperback) |
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9780770436667 (ebook) |
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0770436668 (ebook) |
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