Common Ground (Lukas book)
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| Author | J. Anthony Lukas |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Race relations in the United States |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| ISBN | 978-0-394-41150-7 |
| 370.19/342 | |
| LC Class | F73.9.A1 L85 |
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families is a nonfiction book by J. Anthony Lukas, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1985, that examines race relations in Boston, Massachusetts, through the prism of desegregation busing. It received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
In addition to the family stories, Common Ground examines many of the issues related to busing, including the protest movements, the disaffection between the "two-toilet" Irish middle class and their working-class brethren, the impact of busing on national politics, and the evolution of the city's newsmedia.
A television miniseries based on the book aired in 1990.