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- Schools in the Landscape: Localism, Cultural Tradition, and the Development of Alabama's Public Education System, 1865-1915
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
summary
This richly researched and impressively argued work is a history of public schooling in Alabama in the half century following the Civil War. It engages with depth and sophistication Alabama’s social and cultural life in the period that can be characterized by the three “R”s: Reconstruction, redemption, and racism. Alabama was a mostly rural, relatively poor, and culturally conservative state, and its schools reflected the assumptions of that society.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- p. vii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- 2. Captains and Cohorts
- pp. 25-41
- 3. Teachers and Teaching
- pp. 42-60
- 4. The Schoolhouse—Inside and Out
- pp. 61-79
- 5. Funding and Survival
- pp. 80-97
- 6. The Progressive Urge
- pp. 98-115
- 8. Black Schools in a Dual System
- pp. 131-148
- 9. 1915—A Watershed Year?
- pp. 149-158
- 10. Conclusion: Then and Since
- pp. 159-161
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 203-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817383596
Related ISBN(s)
9780817317096
MARC Record
OCLC
778874753
Pages
229
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010