Creating the suburban school advantage : race, localism, and inequality in an American metropolis

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

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rury, John L., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Series:Histories of American education
Subjects:
Suburban schools > Missouri > Kansas City Metropolitan Area > History.
Suburban schools > Kansas > Johnson County > History.
Discrimination in education > Missouri > Kansas City Metropolitan Area > History.
Discrimination in education > Kansas > Johnson County > History.
Racism in education > Missouri > Kansas City Metropolitan Area > History.
Racism in education > Kansas > Johnson County > History.
Educational equalization > Missouri > Kansas City Metropolitan Area > History.
Educational equalization > Kansas > Johnson County > History.
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Table of 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.

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