Creating the suburban school advantage : race, localism, and inequality in an American metropolis / John L. Rury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rury, John L., 1951- author.

Series:

Histories of American education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburban schools--Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Area--History.

Suburban schools.

Suburban schools--Kansas--Johnson County--History.

Discrimination in education--Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Area--History.

Discrimination in education.

Discrimination in education--Kansas--Johnson County--History.

Racism in education--Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Area--History.

Racism in education.

Racism in education--Kansas--Johnson County--History.

Educational equalization--Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Area--History.

Educational equalization.

Educational equalization--Kansas--Johnson County--History.

History.

Kansas--Johnson County.

Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book describes how an ethos of localism and racial exclusion created a perceived and real advantage for suburban school districts in the postwar era, focusing on developments in metropolitan Kansas City"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : educating the divided metropolis

Suburban and urban schools : two sides of a national metropolitan coin

Uniting and dividing a heartland metropolis : growth and inequity in postwar Kansas City

Fall from grace : the transformation of an urban school system

Racialized advantage : the Missouri suburban school districts

Conflict in suburbia : localism, race and education in Johnson County, Kansas

Epilogue : an enduring legacy of inequality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rury, John L., 1951- Creating the suburban school advantage.

ISBN:

9781501748394

1501748394

OCLC:

1110659199