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Title:

Rural education for the twenty-first century : identity, place, and community in a globalizing world / edited by Kai A. Schafft and Alecia Youngblood Jackson.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

ix, 311 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Education, Rural--History.
Rural schools--History.
Rural poor--Education.
Education and globalization.

Other Authors:

Schafft, Kai A., 1964-
Jackson, Alecia Youngblood, 1968-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"A collection of essays examining the various social, cultural, and economic intersections of rural place and global space, as viewed through the lens of education. Explores practices that offer both problems and possibilities for the future of rural schools and communities, in the United States and abroad"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Rural studies series.

ISBN:

0271036834 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780271036830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0271036826 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271036823 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)459210905

LCCN:

2009044135

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)