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Author:

Hoffschwelle, Mary S., 1955-

Title:

Rebuilding the rural Southern community : reformers, schools, and homes in Tennessee, 1900-1930 / Mary S. Hoffschwelle.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xii, 233 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Rural development--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Rural renewal--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Education, Rural--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Rural schools--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Home economics, Rural--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Tennessee--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-228) and index.

Contents:

The progressive impulse and Southern rural education -- Consolidation and new school buildings : reforms for white rural schools -- "Building an ideal" : model schools for African Americans -- Building a bridge between school and home life : home economics for rural schools -- Better homes on better farms : home demonstration and domestic reform -- Domestic consumption and competition : a new ethic for rural homes -- Legacies of rural reform.

ISBN:

9781572330214 (cloth : permanent paper)
157233021X (cloth : permanent paper)

LCCN:

98009096

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)