Schooling the New South: Pedagogy, Self, and Society in North Carolina, 1880-1920

by James L. Leloudis

Book Overview

Schooling the New South deftly combines social and political history, gender studies, and African American history into a story of educational reform. James Leloudis recreates North Carolina's classrooms as they existed at the turn of the century and explores the wide-ranging social and psychological implications of the transition from old-fashioned common schools to modern graded schools. He argues that this critical change in methods of instruction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848085
• ISBN13: 9780807848081
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"