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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 both reflected and guided the transformation of the American South. According to Leloudis, architects of the New South embraced the public school as an institution capable of remodeling their world according to the principles of free labor and market exchange. By altering habits of learning, they hoped to instill in students a vision of life that valued individual ambition and enterprise above the familiar relations of family, church, and community. Their efforts eventually created both a social and a pedagogical revolution, says Leloudis. Public schools became what they are today — the primary institution responsible for the socialization of children and therefore the principal battleground for society’s conflicts over race, class, and gender. Southern History/Education/North Carolina
Editions of Schooling the New South
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807822654
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807848081
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807862834
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890879462
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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 both reflected and guided the transformation of the American South. According to Leloudis, architects of the New South embraced the public school as an institution capable of remodeling their world according to the principles of free labor and market exchange. By altering habits of learning, they hoped to instill in students a vision of life that valued individual ambition and enterprise above the familiar relations of family, church, and community. Their efforts eventually created both a social and a pedagogical revolution, says Leloudis. Public schools became what they are today — the primary institution responsible for the socialization of children and therefore the principal battleground for society’s conflicts over race, class, and gender. Southern History/Education/North Carolina
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What is Schooling the New South about?
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 both reflected and guided the transformation of the American South. According to Leloudis, architects of the New South embraced the public school as an institution capable of remodeling their world according to the principles of free labor and market exchange. By altering habits of learning, they hoped to instill in students a vision of life that valued individual ambition and enterprise above the familiar relations of family, church, and community. Their efforts eventually created both a social and a pedagogical revolution, says Leloudis. Public schools became what they are today — the primary institution responsible for the socialization of children and therefore the principal battleground for society’s conflicts over race, class, and gender. Southern History/Education/North Carolina
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Schooling the New South?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > History of education
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How long is Schooling the New South and how many pages does it have?
Schooling the New South has 358 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Schooling the New South?
James L. Leloudis
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Schooling the New South is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807822654) and paperback(ISBN 9780807848081) and ebook(ISBN 9780807862834) and pdf(ISBN 9798890879462)
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