Jane Anna Gordon

Why They Couldn't Wait

A Critique of the Black-Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean-Hill Brownsville, 1967-1971

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the infamous conflict between a predominantly black community and a predominantly Jewish teachers' union, Gordon takes a new look at this historically rich and racially diverse community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780415929103
• ISBN-10: 0415929105
• Artikelnr.: 21736194

Autorenporträt

Jane Anna Gordon is a William Penn doctoral fellow in Political Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. She formerly worked as a researcher at the Institute for Elementary and Secondary Education at Brown University. She is a licensed secondary school teacher.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface, with Acknowledgements Introduction: The Need for Public
Education in a Democratic Society Chapter 1 Who Should Run the Schools?:
Decentralization and Community Control Chapter 2 Black Power: Failures of
Integration and the Mobilization of a Community Chapter 3 White Power: The
Construction of Jews as the Voice of Reason Chapter 4 When Some Workers
Don't Look Toward the Left: The Battle with the United Federation of
Teachers Conclusion: A Question of Whose Children Benefit from Whose Labor
Endnotes