Screen LibraryDeath of a suburban dream : race and schools in compton, california /
This sophisticated history of Compton shows how increasing poverty, violence, and public education controversies made an inner-ring suburb resemble a troubled urban center over the course of the twentieth century and into the present.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Politics and culture in modern america
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812209587 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812209587.jpg |
| Summary: |
This sophisticated history of Compton shows how increasing poverty, violence, and public education controversies made an inner-ring suburb resemble a troubled urban center over the course of the twentieth century and into the present. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 17 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812209587 |
| Index Number: | LA245 |
| CLC: | D771.262 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On Shaky Ground -- Chapter 2. The Fastest Growing Town -- Chapter 3. Separate and Unequal -- Chapter 4. Becoming Urban -- Chapter 5. Unyielding Problems -- Chapter 6. A Rapidly Changing City -- Chapter 7. Enter the State -- Epilogue: Out from Compton s Past -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |