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Challenge and Change in Appalachia : the Story of Hindman Settlement School.
The first and most successful rural social settlement school in the United States lies at the forks of Troublesome Creek in Knott County, Kentucky. Since its founding in 1902 by May Stone and Katherine Pettit, the Hindman Settlement School has received accolades for the quality of its education, hea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Mixin' Larns Both Parties"": The Beginnings; 2. The Women's Christian Temperance Union School, 1902-1915; 3. ""Broadening Out"": Hindman Settlement School, 1915-1932; 4. ""The Best School in the Mountains""; 5. The Challenges of a Changing World, 1932-1977; 6. A Wider Sphere of Influence: Hindman Settlement School Today; 7. ""Arousing the Neighborhood"": The Community Development Initiative; Appendix 1. Social Settlements and Settlement Workers: An Essay in Appalachian Historiography.
- Appendix 2. Faculty and Staff, 1925-1926Appendix 3. A Chronology of Hindman Settlement School; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.