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The conspiracy of the good : civil rights and the struggle for community in two American cities, 1875-2000 / Michael E. James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Michael E.
- Series:
- History of schools and schooling ; v. 30
- History of schools and schooling The conspiracy of the good
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charlottesville (Va.)--Race relations.
- Charlottesville (Va.).
- Pasadena (Calif.)--Race relations.
- Pasadena (Calif.).
- Charlottesville (Va.)--Social conditions.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia--Charlottesville--History.
- African Americans.
- Minorities--Civil rights--California--Pasadena--History.
- Minorities.
- African Americans--Education--Virginia--Charlottesville--History.
- Minorities--Education--California--Pasadena--History.
- School integration--Virginia--Charlottesville--History.
- School integration.
- School integration--California--Pasadena--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--Charlottesville--Virginia.
- Minorities--History--Civil rights--California--Pasadena.
- African Americans--Education--History--Charlottesville--Virginia.
- Minorities--History--Education--California--Pasadena.
- School integration--History--Virginia--Charlottesville.
- School integration--History--Pasadena--California.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 383 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Bridges and drive-bys
- 1. The city on the hill
- 2. Fear itself: white over black and the creation of public education in the new south
- 3. "In this aristocratic town?": labor, women and the gospel of discontent
- 4. Coming of age in the new south: urbanity and schooling in the old dominion, 1900-1940
- 5. "Winning them into goodness": progressive Pasadena between the wars, 1920-1940
- 6. Southern progressivism during the great depression: creating the "new south" in Virginia's schools 1900-1940
- 7. "Progressive education in REDucation!": civil rights in Pasadena, 1930-1975
- 8. Massive resistance: "freedom of choice"
- Looking back: perceptions of renaissance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-367) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC:
- 9537052
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