Description
The first of many homestead communities designed during the rollout of the New Deal, Arthurdale, West Virginia, was a bold experiment in progressive social planning. At the center of the settlement was the school, which was established to improve the curriculum offered to Appalachian students. Offering displaced and unemployed coal miners and their families new opportunities, the school also helped those in need to develop a sense of dignity during the Great Depression.
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Author: Sam F. Stack
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/17/2020
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780813179124
ISBN10: 0813179122
BISAC Categories:
- Education | History
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
About the Author
Sam F. Stack Jr. is professor of social and cultural foundations at West Virginia University. He is the author of Elsie Ripley Clapp (1879--1965): Her Life and the Community School and coauthor of Teachers, Leaders, and Schools: Essays by John Dewey, which won the 2012 American Educational Studies Critics Choice Award.
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