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The Other Boston Busing Story
"METCO, America's longest-running voluntary school desegregation program, has for 34 years bused black children from Boston's city neighborhoods to predominantly white suburban schools. Sixty-five METCO graduates vividly recall their own stories in this revealing book. Susan E. Eaton interviewed program participants who are now adults, asking them to assess the benefits and hardships of crossing racial and class lines on their way to school. Their answers poignantly show that this type of racial integration is not easy-they struggled to negotiate both black and white worlds, often feeling fully accepted in neither. Even so, nearly all the participants believe the long-term gains outweighed the costs and would choose a similar program for their own children-though not without conditions and apprehensions"--
Literary Market Place
Literary Market Place 2001 is the ultimate insider's guide to the U.S. book publishing industry, covering every conceivable aspect of the business. In two, easy-to-use volumes, it provides: -- 50 sections organizing everyone and everything in the business -- from publishers, agents, and ad agencies to associations, distributors, and events -- Over 14,500 listings in all -- featuring names, addresses, and numbers ... key personnel ... activities, specialties, and other relevant data ... e-mail addresses and Web sites ... and more -- Some 24,000 decision-makers throughout the industry, listed in a separate "Personnel Yellow Pages" section in each volume -- Thousands of services and suppliers e...
