Race-Class Relations and Integration in Secondary Education

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 1-14

3. The Divided Generation (1950–1969)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Memories of Class, Race, and Gender Divisions: Immediate Pre- and Post-Desegregation Years (1950–1969)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 17-44

   3. Cautiously Negotiating Social Divides: A Conservative Student Body (1950–1969)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 45-57

4. The Border-Crossing Generation (1970–1985)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Memories of Interracial Peer-Group Affiliations: Integration Years (1970–1985)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 61-86

   3. Bridging Social Divides Through Peer-Groups: A Socially Tolerant but Politically Inactive Student Body (1970–1985)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 87-99

5. The Redivided Generation (1986–2000)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Memories of Segregation by Class, Race, Nationality, and Religion: Destabilizing Years of Shifting Demographics (1986–2000)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 103-131

   3. Oppositional Self-Segregation: A Student Body Sensitized to Discrimination (1986–2000)

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 133-145

   4. Conclusion

      • Caroline Eick

      Pages 147-155

6. Back Matter

   Pages 157-225

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Eick explores the history of a comprehensive high school from the world views of its assorted student body, confronting issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, nationality, and religion. Her case study examines the continuities and differences in student relationships over five decades.

• demography
• education
• gender
• integration
• school
• structural geology

Caroline Eick is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Professor and Associate Professor of Education at Mount St. Mary's University, USA

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