{"product_id":"race-and-education-in-new-walter-stern-9780807173237","title":"Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating the Segregated City, 1764-1960","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurveying the two centuries that preceded Jim Crow's demise, \u003ci\u003eRace and Education in New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e traces the course of the city's education system from the colonial period to the start of school desegregation in 1960. Walter C. Stern's timely historical analysis reveals that public schools in New Orleans both suffered from and maintained the racial stratification that characterized urban areas for much of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy taking a long view of the interplay between education, race, and urban change, Stern underscores the fluidity of race as a social construct and the extent to which the Jim Crow system evolved through a dynamic though often improvisational process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807173231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807173237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.84d","brand":"Walter Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978532225279,"sku":"9780807173237","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a5dcf71-7f67-41a6-8007-11ce3475afda.jpg?v=1683242024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-and-education-in-new-walter-stern-9780807173237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}