A troubled dream the promise and failure of school desegregation in Louisiana / Carl L. Bankston III and Stephen J. Caldas.
| Author/creator | Bankston, Carl L., 1952- |
| Other author | Caldas, Stephen J., 1957- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 268 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- The Problem of Writing about Race 1 --1 Louisiana's Schools Prior to Desegregation: -- The Roots of a Racially Divided Society 21 --2 The Struggle to Desegregate the Schools: -- Overcoming Injustice through the Schools 37 --3 New Orleans: The Beginning -- and the End of a Process 54 --4 East Baton Rouge: School Desegregation -- and Unintended Consequences 83 --5 School Desegregation and White Flight in Lafayette Parish 106 --6 Louisiana and the Dilemma of Desegregation 140 --7 The Academic Consequences of Desegregation and Resegregation: Revisiting the Harm and Benefit Thesis 186 --8 Recommendations 205 --Appendix A: Single-Parent Families and Educational Environment 223 --Appendix B: Multilevel Statistical Examination of the Harm and Benefit Thesis 231. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: A troubled dream Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2002. 0826513883 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021697162 |
| ISBN | 9780826591487 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |