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

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rury, John L., 1951- (Author)
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.
Discrimination in education.
Educational equalization.
Racism in education.
Suburban schools.
Kansas > Johnson County.
Missouri > Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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