Description |
1 online resource (xv, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 Background : regime politics and the purest strain of the southern booster gene -- Ch. 3 Swann's way and the heyday of Charlotte's busing plan -- Ch. 4 Swan song for the busing plan? -- Ch. 5 Political fluidity and the alchemy of school reform -- Ch. 6 Desegregation buried in Potter's Field? : the reactivation of the Swann case -- Ch. 7 Charlotte-Mecklenburg compromise? |
Summary |
"Bringing a new perspective to Charlotte's landmark school desegregation efforts, Stephen Samuel Smith provides a history of the nationally-praised mandatory busing plan and the court battle that led to its ultimate demise. Although both black and white children benefited from busing, its most ongoing consequences were not educational, but the political and economic ones that served the interests of Charlotte's business elite and facilitated the city's economic boom. Drawing on urban regime theory, Smith shows how busing enhanced civic capacity and was part of a political alliance between Charlotte's business elite and black political leaders. This account of Charlotte's history has national implications for desegregation, urban education, efforts to build civic capacity, and the political involvement of the urban poor."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-313) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Busing for school integration -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- History
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Education, Urban -- Political aspects -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
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School improvement programs -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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Busing for school integration
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Economic history
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Education, Urban -- Political aspects
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Politics and government
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School improvement programs
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Charlotte (N.C.) -- Politics and government
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Charlotte (N.C.) -- Economic conditions
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North Carolina -- Charlotte
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1423739353 |
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9781423739357 |
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0791459853 |
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9780791459850 |
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0791459861 |
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9780791459867 |
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9780791485583 |
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0791485587 |
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