| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Urban decline -- Labor markets -- Communities and cultures -- Racial segregation and inequality -- Vocational education -- Remedial education -- Classroom dynamics -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Quantitative evidence -- Appendix B. Some historical evidence about language styles and schooling. |
| Summary |
The problems commonly associated with inner-city schools were not nearly as pervasive a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. In Schools Betrayed, her innovative history of race and urban education, Kathryn M. Neckerman tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so much worse than their white counterparts. Focusing on Chicago public schools between 1900 and 1960, Neckerman compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants, groups that had similarly little wealth and status yet came to gain vastl. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Education, Urban. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Racism in education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism in education. |
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Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Schools. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neckerman, Kathryn M. Schools betrayed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007 9780226569604 0226569608 (DLC) 2006101815 (OCoLC)77485914 |
| ISBN |
9780226569628 (electronic book) |
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0226569624 (electronic book) |
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1281966045 |
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9781281966049 |
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9780226569604 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0226569608 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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