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Death of a Suburban Dream : Race and Schools in Compton, California /
This sophisticated history of Compton shows how increasing poverty, violence, and public education controversies made an inner-ring suburb resemble a troubled urban center over the course of the twentieth century and into the present.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. On Shaky Ground
- Chapter 2. The Fastest Growing Town
- Chapter 3. Separate and Unequal
- Chapter 4. Becoming Urban
- Chapter 5. Unyielding Problems
- Chapter 6. A Rapidly Changing City
- Chapter 7. Enter the State
- Epilogue: Out from Compton's Past
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.