| Schooling the New South: Pedagogy, Self, and Society in North Carolina, 1880-1920 Contributor(s): Leloudis, James L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807848085 ISBN-13: 9780807848081 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: Schooling the New South is a vivid account of the relationship between education and society during a time of sweeping social change. 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. The book gives voice to the principal actors in this transformation - school administrators, teachers, reformers, parents, and students - whose characters and personal experiences shine through Leloudis's narrative. Based on the letters and reminiscences of parents, teachers, and students; on novels; and on more traditional documentary sources, Schooling the New South deftly combines social and political history, gender studies, and African American history into a story of educational reform. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 370.975 |
| LCCN: 95026137 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Leloudis, James L.: - James L. Leloudis, coauthor of Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World, is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the Center for the Study of the American South. |