TURMOIL AND TRANSITION IN BOSTON by Lawrence S. DiCara, Chris Black ( 9780761861829 )

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Title:

TURMOIL AND TRANSITION IN BOSTON
A POLITICAL MEMOIR FROM THE BUSING ERA

By:

Lawrence S. DiCara, Chris Black

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0761861823

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9780761861829

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA

Pub. date:

15 August, 2013

Pages:

234

Description:

This book tells the personal and political story of Larry DiCara, the youngest person ever elected to the Boston City Council. In this memoir, he offers an insider's perspective on the decade of turmoil of the 1970s surrounding the federal court order mandating busing to integrate Boston Public Schools.

Synopsis:

Turmoil and Transition in Boston tells the personal and political story of Larry DiCara, the youngest person ever elected to the Boston City Council. DiCara's story is intimately woven into the fate of his hometown of Boston. Then a federal court order mandating busing to achieve racial integration in the public schools ripped apart his city. DiCara shows how public policy decisions and economic and demographic changes from that time transformed Boston into one of America's most diverse, affluent, and successful cities in the twenty-first century.

Illustrations:

5 Graphs; 32 Halftones, black and white

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Imprint:

Hamilton Books

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