Death of a Suburban Dream : : Race and Schools in Compton, California / / Emily E. Straus.
Compton, California, is often associated in the public mind with urban America's toughest problems, including economic disinvestment, gang violence, and failing public schools. Before it became synonymous with inner-city decay, however, Compton's affordability, proximity to manufacturing j...
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Straus, Emily E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Death of a Suburban Dream : Race and Schools in Compton, California / Emily E. Straus. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (328 p.) : 17 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Politics and Culture in Modern America Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On Shaky Ground -- Chapter 2. The Fastest Growing Town -- Chapter 3. Separate and Unequal -- Chapter 4. Becoming Urban -- Chapter 5. Unyielding Problems -- Chapter 6. A Rapidly Changing City -- Chapter 7. Enter the State -- Epilogue: Out from Compton's Past -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Compton, California, is often associated in the public mind with urban America's toughest problems, including economic disinvestment, gang violence, and failing public schools. Before it became synonymous with inner-city decay, however, Compton's affordability, proximity to manufacturing jobs, and location ten miles outside downtown Los Angeles made it attractive to aspiring suburbanites seeking single-family homes and quality schools. As Compton faced challenges in the twentieth century, and as the majority population shifted from white to African American and then to Latino, the battle for control over the school district became symbolic of Compton's economic, social, and political crises.Death of a Suburban Dream explores the history of Compton from its founding in the late nineteenth century to the present, taking on three critical issues-the history of race and educational equity, the relationship between schools and place, and the complicated intersection of schooling and municipal economies-as they shaped a Los Angeles suburb experiencing economic and demographic transformation. Emily E. Straus carefully traces the roots of antagonism between two historically disenfranchised populations, blacks and Latinos, as these groups resisted municipal power sharing within a context of scarcity. Using archival research and oral histories, this complex narrative reveals how increasingly racialized poverty and violence made Compton, like other inner-ring suburbs, resemble a troubled urban center. Ultimately, the book argues that Compton's school crisis is not, at heart, a crisis of education; it is a long-term crisis of development.Avoiding simplistic dichotomies between urban and suburban, Death of a Suburban Dream broadens our understanding of the dynamics connecting residents and institutions of the suburbs, as well as the changing ethnic and political landscape in metropolitan America. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) African Americans Education California Compton History. Hispanic Americans Education California Compton History. Public schools California Compton History. Education. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY). bisacsh American History. American Studies. Sociology. Urban Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 9783110638721 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 9783110665932 print 9780812245981 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209587 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812209587 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812209587.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On Shaky Ground -- Chapter 2. The Fastest Growing Town -- Chapter 3. Separate and Unequal -- Chapter 4. Becoming Urban -- Chapter 5. Unyielding Problems -- Chapter 6. A Rapidly Changing City -- Chapter 7. Enter the State -- Epilogue: Out from Compton's Past -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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