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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Hindman Settlement School -- History
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Hindman Settlement School fast |
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Education, Rural -- Kentucky -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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Education, Rural
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Kentucky
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Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813149547 |
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0813149541 |
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