The "desegregation" of English schools : bussing, race and urban space, 1960s-80s / Olivier Esteves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esteves, Olivier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Busing for school integration--England--History--20th century.

Busing for school integration.

Asians--Education--England--History--20th century.

Asians.

Race relations in school management--England--History--20th century.

Race relations in school management.

Asians--Education.

History.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Dispersal, or 'bussing', was introduced in England in the early-1960s after white parents expressed concerns that the sudden influx of non-Anglophone South Asian children was holding back their own children's education. It consisted of sending busloads of mostly Asian children to predominantly white suburban schools in an effort to 'spread the burden' and to promote linguistic and cultural integration. Although seemingly well-intentioned dispersal proved a failure: it was based on racial identity rather than linguistic deficiency and ultimately led to an increase in segregation, as bussed pupils were daily confronted with racial bullying in dispersal schools. This is the first ever book on English bussing, based on an in-depth study of local and national archives, alongside interviews with formerly bussed pupils decades later.

Dispersal, or 'bussing', was introduced in England in the early-1960s after white parents expressed concerns that the sudden influx of non-Anglophone South Asian children was holding back their own children's education. It consisted of sending busloads of mostly Asian children to predominantly white suburban schools in an effort to 'spread the burden' and to promote linguistic and cultural integration. Although seemingly well-intentioned dispersal proved a failure: it was based on racial identity rather than linguistic deficiency and ultimately led to an increase in segregation, as bussed pupils were daily confronted with racial bullying in dispersal schools. This is the first ever book on English bussing, based on an in-depth study of local and national archives, alongside interviews with formerly bussed pupils decades later. --

Contents:

1 "To allay people's fears on numbers": the introduction of dispersal in Southall p. 22

2 Improvisation in high places? Setting the national framework for bussing p. 47

3 "Before it gets out of hand": the introduction of dispersal in Bradford p. 71

4 Reluctant cities: how London and Birmingham said no to dispersal p. 93

5 Dispersing in diverse places: how the other LEAs fared p. 120

6 Taking the bullying by the horns: the emergence of resistance to bussing p. 143

7 Babylon by bus: the quotidian experience of being bussed p. 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526124852

1526124858

OCLC:

1039496355