Schooling in the antebellum South [electronic resource] :the rise of public and private education in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama / Sarah L. Hyde.
By: Hyde, Sarah L [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780807164211.Subject(s): Education -- Gulf States -- History -- 19th century | Education -- Southern States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 370.97509034 Online resources: Full text available: 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.
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