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Is a comprehensive work that chronicles a distinctive era in American education. The first section provides an overview of the historical role of rural schools in the United States. It is followed by a section on architecture and concludes with several chapters on documenting and preserving country schools. Also included are a new preface and introduction, as well as an updated list of sources and an appendix that lists all existing country schools owned by communities and historical societies. The text is rich in anecdotes from extensive research and interviews with teachers and pupils. More than four hundred striking photographs -- historical views, modern-day scenes, exteriors and interiors, help bring to life the people as well as the buildings.
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Andrew Gulliford is associate professor of history and director of the Public History and Historic Preservation Program at Middle Tennessee State University.
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Period photographs and a lucid text combine to make this an informative examination of one-room country schools in the U.S. -- Publishers Weekly
The social transformation of an entire nation is traced in America's Country Schools -- New York Times
The social transformation of an entire nation is traced in America's Country Schools -- New York Times
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- PublisherPreservation Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0891331794
- ISBN 13 9780891331797
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages293
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