THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation 1954-1956
by Gates, Robbins L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1964. xx, 222 pages. First printing. Originally written as the author's PhD dissertation, the book "reports and analyzes related events and reactions in Virginia from the time of the Supreme Court decison [Brown v. Board of Education] in 1954 to the enactment by the state's General Assembly of massive resistance legislation in September of 1956. A review slip and a publicity photograph of the author are laid in. The book is clean and tight, with a tiny dent on the top edge of the rear board. The dust jacket has some minor chipping at head and foot of the spine and some relatively light soiling.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PC59
- Title
- THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation 1954-1956
- Author
- Gates, Robbins L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black Studies;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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