Boom for Whom?: Education, Desegregation, and Development in Charlotte

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Explores political and educational aspects of Charlotte's nationally praised school desegregation efforts.

Author(s): Stephen Samuel Smith
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 328

Boom for Whom?......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of Maps, Tables, and Figures......Page 8
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 10
Maps......Page 16
1. Introduction......Page 20
2. Background: Regime Politics and the Purest Strain of the Southern Booster Gene......Page 42
3. Swann’s Way and the Heyday of Charlotte’s Busing Plan......Page 76
4. Swan Song for the Busing Plan?......Page 110
5. Political Fluidity and the Alchemy of School Reform......Page 126
6. Desegregation Buried in Potter’s Field? The Reactivation of the Swann Case......Page 166
7. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Compromise?......Page 192
8. School Desegregation and the Uphill Flow of Civic Capacity......Page 228
Appendix......Page 266
CHAPTER 1......Page 272
CHAPTER 2......Page 280
CHAPTER 3......Page 288
CHAPTER 4......Page 297
CHAPTER 5......Page 300
CHAPTER 6......Page 308
CHAPTER 7......Page 313
CHAPTER 8......Page 322
B......Page 334
C......Page 336
E......Page 339
G......Page 340
L......Page 341
N......Page 342
P......Page 343
R......Page 344
S......Page 345
W......Page 347