Common Ground (Lukas book)

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.

This article is about the book by J. Anthony Lukas. For the memoir by Justin Trudeau, see Common Ground (memoir).
Common Ground
First edition
AuthorJ. Anthony Lukas
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRace relations in the United States
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1985
Awards
  • National Book Award (1985)
  • Pulitzer Prize (1986)
ISBN978-0-394-41150-7
370.19/342
LC ClassF73.9.A1 L85

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.

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