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Ron Formisano explores the sources of white opposition to school desegregation. Racism was a key factor, he argues, but racial prejudice alone cannot explain the movement. Class resentment, ethnic rivalries, and the defense of neighborhood turf all played powerful roles in the protest. In a new epilogue, Formisano brings the story up to the present day, describing the end of desegregation orders in Boston and other cities. 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Busing sparked protests in almost every city in which it was implemented, but perhaps the most volatile reaction occured in Boston, a city known for its high culture, superior education, and liberal populace.  In no other city, north or south, did school desegregation prompt such intense and protracted protest.  In Boston Against Busing Ronald Formisano explores the sources of white opposition to school desegregation.  He sees white resistance as an example of reactionary populism, a social movement mixing both populist and conservative elements.  Racism was a key facor, Formisano argues, but racial prejudice alone cannot explain the movement.  Vigilantism and terrorism were directed as much against moderate whites as against blacks, and class resentment, ethnic rivalries, and the defense of neighborhood turf played powerful roles in the protest.  Whereas previous accounts of Boston's opposition to busing have focused on the working-class neighborhoods of South Boston and Charlestown, Formisano examines a broader spectrum of resistance, especially in middle-class West Roxbury.  Different neighborhoods had differing responses to the crisis, he says.  He draws on letters from a cross section of Boston's citizens to the federal judge who presided over the case, W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., letters that detail the gamut of opinion among the opponents of court-ordered busing.  Formisano also points out the connections between the student and black activists of the 1960s and the Boston antibusers fo the 1970s.  The Boston protesters, although hostile to the civil rights and student movements, often borrowed their tactics and even their slogans, singing \"We Shall Overcome\" and chanting \"Hell, no, we won't go\" as they marched, demonstrated, and often clashed with police.  Since the 1970s Boston schools have become even more segregated by race and class.  In evaluating the ultimate failure of desegregation in Boston, Formisano explicitly identifies where public policy went wrong and why.  In doing so, he provides an insightful account of one of the most significant grass-roots movements of the 1970s and offers a valuable contribution to understanding the ongoing social problem that school desegregation tried to address.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50312674902289,"sku":"CIN0807842923G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50337913798929,"sku":"CIN0807842923VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50630688407825,"sku":"NGR9780807842928","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0807842923.jpg?v=1750850314"},{"product_id":"tea-party-book-ronald-p-formisano-9781421405964","title":"The Tea Party","description":"The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009-2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear. In this concise book, American political historian Ronald P. Formisano probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right, the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The American media's fascination with the Tea Party - and the tendency of political leaders who have embraced the movement to say and do outlandish things - not only has fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous influence it holds over the Republican Party and the American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's claims to historical precedent and patriotic values, Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses deep in American political culture as well as in voter frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He sorts through the disparate goals the movement's different factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate. Throughout American history, third parties, pressure groups, and social movements have emerged to demand reforms or radical change, only to eventually fade away, even if parts of their programs often are later adopted. The Tea Party's impact as a pressure group has been more immediate. Whether the Tea Party endures remains to be seen. 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