Challenge and Change in Appalachia : The Story of Hindman Settlement School /

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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...

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Auteur principal: Stoddart, Jess, 1937-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hindman (Ky.) > Hindman Settlement School.
Hindman Settlement School.
Hindman Settlement School > History.
Appalaches (États-Unis)
États-Unis > Appalaches.
Education, Rural.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
EDUCATION > History.
Enseignement en milieu rural > Kentucky > Études de cas.
Education, Rural > Kentucky > Case studies.
Kentucky.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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, health, and community services that have measurably improved the lives of people in the region. Challenge and Change in Appalachia is the story of a groundbreaking center for education that transformed a community. The School's farms and extension work brought modern methods to the area. At the same ti.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813149547

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