Schooling in the antebellum South the rise of public and private education in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama / [electronic resource] :
Sarah L. Hyde.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an exploration of learning in the antebellum Gulf South 1 -- A schoolroom at the bottom of the stairs: learning inside the home -- Learning beyond the homestead: private education in the Gulf South -- Education as a responsibility of the state: early efforts toward public schools -- The genesis of public education in the South: urban public schools -- The culmination of antebellum education initiatives: the establishment of statewide public school systems in the Gulf South -- Within the schoolroom walls: student life in the antebellum Gulf South -- Conclusion: punctuated progress: the place of education in the antebellum Gulf South.