Schooling in the Antebellum South: The Rise of Public and Private Education in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama by Hyde, Sarah L

LSU Press, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Almost new hardback and jacket. Only slight wear. Owner's name inside. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf location: E6) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.

LSU Press, 10/19/2016. Paperback. New. New

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Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2016. Hardcover. New. 212 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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Hardback. New. In Schooling in the Antebellum South, Sarah L. Hyde analyzes educational development in the Gulf South before the Civil War, not only revealing a thriving private and public education system, but also offering insight into the worldview and aspirations of the people inhabiting the region. While historians have tended to emphasize that much of the antebellum South had no public school system and offered education only to elites in private institutions, Hyde's work suggests a different pattern of development in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, where citizens actually worked to extend schooling across the region. As a result, students learned in a variety of settings- in their own homes with a family member or hired tutor, at private or parochial schools, and in public free schools. Regardless of the venue, Hyde shows that the ubiquity of learning in the region proves how highly southerners valued education. As early as the 1820s and 1830s, legislators in these states sought to… Read More