The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Education
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- Synopsis
- Offering a broad, up-to-date reference to the long history and cultural legacy of education in the American South, this timely volume ofThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culturesurveys educational developments, practices, institutions, and politics from the colonial era to the present. With over 130 articles, this book covers key topics in education, including academic freedom; the effects of urbanization on segregation, desegregation, and resegregation; African American and women's education; and illiteracy. These entries, as well as articles on prominent educators, such as Booker T. Washington and C. Vann Woodward, and major southern universities, colleges, and trade schools, provide an essential context for understanding the debates and battles that remain deeply imbedded in southern education. Framed by Clarence Mohr's historically rich introductory overview, the essays in this volume comprise a greatly expanded and thoroughly updated survey of the shifting southern education landscape and its development over the span of four centuries.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780807877852
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780807834916, 9781469603162, 9780807872017, 9781469603162, 9780807872017, 9780807834916
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/05/16
- Copyrighted By:
- University of North Carolina Press
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Reference, Education
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.