The Battle Nearer To Home
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Author | : Christopher Bonastia |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2022-07-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1503631982 |
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Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation's most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. The fight for integration has shifted significantly over time, not least in terms of the way "integration" is conceived, from transfers of students and redrawing school attendance zones, to more recent demands of community control of segregated schools. In all cases, the Board eventually pulled the plug in the face of resistance from more powerful stakeholders, and, starting in the 1970s, integration receded as a possible solution to educational inequality. In excavating the history of New York City school integration politics, in the halls of power and on the ground, Christopher Bonastia unearths the enduring white resistance to integration and the severe costs paid by Black and Latino students. This last decade has seen activists renew the fight for integration, but the war is still far from won.
Author | : Kristin Hannah |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2010-02-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429938463 |
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Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn't know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes Kristin Hannah's powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother's life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.
Author | : Peter Scott |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 553 |
Release | : 2009-09-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473812216 |
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A WWII Royal Navy commander recounts the struggle to control the narrow seas between Britain and the rest of Europe throughout the war. A Motor Torpedo Boat Commander in the Second World War, Sir Peter Scott—the son of explorer Robert Scott—was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in battle. Combining his own experience with extensive military research, he tells the story of the wide-ranging naval conflict against the Germans, fought in the congested waters of the Channel and the southern North Sea. Actions against convoys and E-boats, often under the shadows of French cliffs; an impossible sortie against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as they ran the gauntlet through the Straits in February 1942; the attack on St Nazaire; and the defensive and offensive roles taken on by MTBs during the D-Day landings are just some of the events covered in the book. The bravery of the crews of these small ships became legendary. As the War dragged on, their exploits helped to raise the morale of the nation.
Author | : Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Geological surveys |
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Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1877 |
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Author | : Alfred Stenzel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 1898 |
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Author | : Stephen Porter |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445609290 |
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The story of the battle of Turnham Green and how 'the sack of London' was prevented by Londoners.
Author | : Ministry of Information |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445624583 |
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A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the propaganda booklet issued following victory in the Battle of Britain.
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Total Pages | : 764 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
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Author | : Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff |
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Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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