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The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
by Kozol, Jonathan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400052440
- ISBN 13
- 9781400052448
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 2005. Exposé of deteriorating conditions in increasingly-segregated public schools and the protomilitary discipline styles & robotic teaching methods employed there. Stated first edition (first printing) with full number line. INSCRIBED by the author "to Kathy" on the free endsheet. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
Synopsis
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America is a book by educator and author Jonathan Kozol. It describes how, in the United States, black and Hispanic students tend to be concentrated in schools where they make up almost the entire student body. Kozol visited nearly 60 public schools in preparation for writing the book. He found that conditions had grown worse for inner-city children in the 50 years since the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling of Brown v.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s0569
- Title
- The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
- Author
- Kozol, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400052440
- ISBN 13
- 9781400052448
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- LCCN
- 2005008626
- Keywords
- Education, Racism, African-American, Public Schools, Brown v. Board of Education, Discipline, Signed Books
- Size
- Large Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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