Little Rock
Subtitle: race and resistance at Central High School
By: Karen Anderson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780691092935
Subjects: Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History; School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century; African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century; School integration -- Massive resistance movement -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century; Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations; Little Rock (Ark.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapping change : Little Rock forges a desegregation plan; title: "Occupied Arkansas" : class, gender, and the politics of resistance; title: Uncivil disobedience : the politics of race and resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958; title: The politics of school closure : massive resistance put to the test, 1958-1959; title: The politics of fear and gridlock; title: Politics as usual : reviving the politics of tokenism.