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Torches of Light: Georgia Teachers and the Coming of the Modern South
Ann Chirhart
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Description for Torches of Light: Georgia Teachers and the Coming of the Modern South
Hardcover. As turbulent social and economic changes swept the South in the first half of the 20th century, education became the flashpoint. Ann Short Chirhart's study is the first to analyze such modernizing events in Georgia. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 585.
As turbulent social and economic changes swept the South in the first half of the twentieth century, education became the flashpoint. Ann Short Chirhart's study is the first to analyze such modernizing events in Georgia. She shows how these changes affected the creation of the state's public school system and cast its teachers in a crucial role as mediators between transformation and tradition. Depicting Georgia's steps toward modernity through teachers' professional and cultural work and the educational reforms they advocated, Chirhart presents a unique perspective on the convergence of voices across the state calling for reform or continuity, secularism or ... Read more
As turbulent social and economic changes swept the South in the first half of the twentieth century, education became the flashpoint. Ann Short Chirhart's study is the first to analyze such modernizing events in Georgia. She shows how these changes affected the creation of the state's public school system and cast its teachers in a crucial role as mediators between transformation and tradition. Depicting Georgia's steps toward modernity through teachers' professional and cultural work and the educational reforms they advocated, Chirhart presents a unique perspective on the convergence of voices across the state calling for reform or continuity, secularism or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820324463
SKU
V9780820324463
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