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Troubling the Waters
Jerome E. Morris
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Description for Troubling the Waters
Paperback. Based on empirically based ethnographic and sociological research in schools and communities in St Louis (which operated the nation's largest voluntary desegregation plan) and Atlanta (a city that abandoned its desegregation plan in the 1970s), this book captures the experiences of African American families from a community in St Louis. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Different from numerous anecdotal accounts of urban schools and communities, ""Troubling the Waters"" is based on more than a decade of empirically based ethnographic and sociological research in schools and communities in St. Louis (which operated the nation's largest voluntary desegregation plan) and Atlanta (a city that abandoned its desegregation plan in the 1970s). As a sociologist and anthropologist of education, Dr. Morris captures the experiences of African American families from a community in St. Louis who chose to send their children to either the neighborhood predominantly Black school, a racially diverse magnet school, or a predominantly White suburban school, ... Read more
Different from numerous anecdotal accounts of urban schools and communities, ""Troubling the Waters"" is based on more than a decade of empirically based ethnographic and sociological research in schools and communities in St. Louis (which operated the nation's largest voluntary desegregation plan) and Atlanta (a city that abandoned its desegregation plan in the 1970s). As a sociologist and anthropologist of education, Dr. Morris captures the experiences of African American families from a community in St. Louis who chose to send their children to either the neighborhood predominantly Black school, a racially diverse magnet school, or a predominantly White suburban school, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807750155
SKU
V9780807750155
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