The 'desegregation' of English schools : Bussing, race and urban space, 1960s-80s

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 pred...

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Autor principal: Esteves, Olivier
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations in school management.
Busing for school integration.
Asians > Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Relations raciales dans l'administration scolaire > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Asiatiques > Éducation > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Ramassage scolaire aux fins de desegregation > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Race relations in school management > England > History > 20th century.
Asians > Education > England > History > 20th century.
Busing for school integration > England > History > 20th century.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; "To allay people's fears on numbers": the introduction of dispersal in Southall; Improvisation in high places? Setting the national framework for bussing; "Before it gets out of hand": the introduction of dispersal in Bradford; Reluctant cities: how London and Birmingham said no to dispersal; Dispersing in diverse places: how the other LEAs fared; Taking the bullying by the horns: the emergence of resistance to bussing; Babylon by bus: the quotidian experience of being bussed; Conclusion; Bibliography

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