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Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History)
Tough Liberal Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools Unions Race and Democracy - Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
Author: Richard D. Kahlenberg
In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231134972
ISBN-10: 0231134975
Publication Date: 7/3/2009
Pages: 552
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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