An unexpected minority : white kids in an urban school / Edward W. Morris.

Author/Creator:

Morris, Edward W., 1973-

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Format/Description:

Book
x, 171 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

School integration -- Texas -- Case studies.
Urban schools -- Texas -- Sociological aspects -- Case studies.
Children, White -- Education -- Texas -- Case studies.
United States -- Race relations -- Case studies.

Contents:

Understanding white advantages in education and society
Matthews Middle School in historical and contemporary context
From "middle-class" to "trailer trash:" teachers' perceptions of white students
"Tuck in that shirt!" race, class, gender and discipline
"White chocolate:" meanings and boundaries of whiteness in the peer culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.

ISBN:

0813537207 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813537215 (pbk.)

OCLC:

58422721

Publisher Number:

9780813537207
9780813537214

Online:

Table of contents
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005004839.html

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