Olivier Esteves

The 'desegregation' of English schools

Bussing, race and urban space, 1960s-80s

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Produktbeschreibung

This detailed study is the first ever book on English bussing, an integrationist policy introduced in places like Southall and Bradford in the 1960s. It reveals the failure of dispersal, which segregated rather than integrated, leaving Asian children vulnerable to racial bullying. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781526148018
• ISBN-10: 1526148013
• Artikelnr.: 59361900

Autorenporträt

Olivier Esteves is Professor of British Studies at the University of Lille

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 "To allay people's fears on numbers": the introduction of
dispersal in Southall 2 Improvisation in high places? Setting the national
framework for bussing 3 "Before it gets out of hand": the introduction of
dispersal in Bradford 4 Reluctant cities: how London and Birmingham said no
to dispersal 5 Dispersing in diverse places: how the other L.E.A.s fared 6
Taking the bullying by the horns: the emergence of resistance against
bussing 7 Babylon by bus: the quotidian experience of being bussed
Conclusion Index