Don Gillis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5370399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Don Gillis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Don |
| FAMILY NAME | Gillis |
| SIGNATURE | GILLIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1951 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Busing (School Desegregation)
Busing is the act of transporting children to a school outside their residential area, as a means of achieving racial balance in the school system. It arose out of the civil rights struggle in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. This entry focuses particularly on the case of Boston, Massachusetts, where court‐ordered measures designed to achieve greater school integration resulted in high levels of community conflict and in numerous techniq…
Activists in City Hall
Pierre Clavel, Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010).The numbers are stark. An August, 2010 U.S. Cens
The Kingdom of Swaziland
A scholarly and engaging study, this history of Swaziland, by an author who spent many years in the kingdom, presents a vivid account of the interplay of politics and personalities along the passage to post-colonial independence. From the early stages of Swazi occupation of the present-day kingdom to the accession of Sobhuza II as king in 1921, this book traces problems in consolidating leadership under the Dlamini chieftaincy and examines the in…
The Kingdom of Swaziland
Sociological Films
Sir John Thompson's Elections
A Short History of Canada
A Short History of Canada
Sir John Thompson's Elections
Sociological Films
The Kingdom of Swaziland
A scholarly and engaging study, this history of Swaziland, by an author who spent many years in the kingdom, presents a vivid account of the interplay of politics and personalities along the passage to post-colonial independence. From the early stages of Swazi occupation of the present-day kingdom to the accession of Sobhuza II as king in 1921, this book traces problems in consolidating leadership under the Dlamini chieftaincy and examines the in…
The Kingdom of Swaziland
Activists in City Hall
Pierre Clavel, Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010).The numbers are stark. An August, 2010 U.S. Cens
Busing (School Desegregation)
Busing is the act of transporting children to a school outside their residential area, as a means of achieving racial balance in the school system. It arose out of the civil rights struggle in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. This entry focuses particularly on the case of Boston, Massachusetts, where court‐ordered measures designed to achieve greater school integration resulted in high levels of community conflict and in numerous techniq…
Political science (5 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Kingdom (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 work)