Rise of the South in American Thought and Education
«“In this important book, Heffron upends the received narrative of a triumphant North reforming the South in the years after the Civil War, showing how Northern industrialists drew on the Southern tradition as a model for the nation in the late nineteenth century. He demonstrates how the most powerful force in national school reform during this era—the General Education Board lavishly funded by the Rockefellers—promoted a Dixie-based model of progressive schooling that featured vocationalism, racial and ethnic paternalism, class hierarchy, and traditional religious values. The result was a triumph of Southern culture rising from the ashes of military defeat.” —David F. Labaree, author of A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education»
The Rise of the South in American Thought and Education documents the generalization of southern values and institutions northward at the close of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 268
- ISBN
- 9781433158643
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«“In this important book, Heffron upends the received narrative of a triumphant North reforming the South in the years after the Civil War, showing how Northern industrialists drew on the Southern tradition as a model for the nation in the late nineteenth century. He demonstrates how the most powerful force in national school reform during this era—the General Education Board lavishly funded by the Rockefellers—promoted a Dixie-based model of progressive schooling that featured vocationalism, racial and ethnic paternalism, class hierarchy, and traditional religious values. The result was a triumph of Southern culture rising from the ashes of military defeat.” —David F. Labaree, author of A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education»