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Author:

Anderson, Karen, 1947-

Title:

Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School / Karen Anderson.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 330 p., [10] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Subject:

School integration--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century.
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)--History.
African American students--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century.
School integration--History--Little Rock--Little Rock--History--20th century.
Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations.
Little Rock (Ark.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Mapping change : Little Rock forges a desegregation plan -- "Occupied Arkansas" : class, gender, and the politics of resistance -- Uncivil disobedience : the politics of race and resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958 -- The politics of school closure : massive resistance put to the test, 1958-1959 -- The politics of fear and gridlock -- Politics as usual : reviving the politics of tokenism. -- Conclusions. Little Rock and the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education.

Series:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America

ISBN:

0691092931 (cloth)
9780691092935 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)149075063

LCCN:

2009022870

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)