Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960S and 1970S (New edition 1)

Perhaps the most spectacular reaction to court-ordered busing in the 1970s occurred in Boston, where there was intense and protracted protest.

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.