The color of strangers, the color of friends : the play of ethnicity in school and community /

The color of strangers, the color of friends : the play of ethnicity in school and community /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Peshkin, Alan.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Description:	xiii, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Children of immigrants -- Education, Secondary -- California -- Case studies. Ethnicity in children -- California -- Case studies. High school students -- California -- Social conditions -- Case studies. Children of immigrants -- Education (Secondary) Ethnic relations. Ethnicity in children. High school students -- Social conditions. California -- Ethnic relations -- Case studies. California. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1150642

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ISBN:	0226662004 (alk. paper) 0226662012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	Peshkin examines the role played by ethnicity in the daily life of a town he calls "Riverview" and its only high school. Immersing himself in the daily life of halls and classrooms of Riverview's high school and the streets of its neighborhoods, Peshkin coaxes from both young and old their own reflections on the town's early days, on the period of ethnic strife sparked by the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on the way they see Riverview today.<br> <br> "Peshkin strikes a hopeful chord, revealing what social encounters among ethnic groups--at their best--can be like in America."-- Education Digest
Physical Description:	xiii, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0226662004 0226662012