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The Arthurdale Community School: Education and Reform in Depression-Era Appalachia - Couverture souple

Stack, Sam F

 
9780813179124: The Arthurdale Community School: Education and Reform in Depression-Era Appalachia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0813179122 ISBN 13 : 9780813179124
Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2020

Synopsis

The first of many homestead communities designed during the rollout of the New Deal, Arthurdale, West Virginia, was a bold experiment in progressive social planning. At the center of the settlement was the school, which was established to improve the curriculum offered to Appalachian students. Offering displaced and unemployed coal miners and their families new opportunities, the school also helped those in need to develop a sense of dignity during the Great Depression.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sam F. Stack Jr. is professor of social and cultural foundations at West Virginia University. He is the author of Elsie Ripley Clapp (1879-1965): Her Life and the Community School and coauthor of Teachers, Leaders, and Schools: Essays by John Dewey, which won the 2012 American Educational Studies Critics Choice Award.

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Éditeur
The University Press of Kentucky
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813179122
ISBN 13 
9780813179124
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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