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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffschwelle, Mary S., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1998]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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 > Rural conditions > History > 20th century.
Table of 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.