The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 17: Education

by Clarence L. Mohr (Editor)

Overview

Offering a broad, up-to-date reference to the long history and cultural legacy of education in the American South, this timely volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys educational developments, practices, institutions, and politics from the colonial era to the present. With over 130 articles, this book covers key topics in education, including academic freedom; the effects of urbanization on segregation, desegregation, and resegregation; African American and women's education; and illiteracy. These entries, as well as articles on prominent educators, such as Booker T. Washington and C. Vann Woodward, and major southern universities, colleges, and trade schools, provide an essential context for understanding the debates and battles that remain deeply imbedded in southern education. Framed by Clarence Mohr's historically rich introductory overview, the essays in this volume comprise a greatly expanded and thoroughly updated survey of the shifting southern education landscape and its development over the span of four centuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807872017
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	05/16/2011
Series:	The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture , #17
Edition description:	1
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Clarence L. Mohr is professor in and chair of the history department at the University of South Alabama. Mohr's major publications include On the Threshold of Freedom, which won the Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians, and Tulane: The Emergence of a Modern University, 1945-1980. Charles Reagan Wilson is Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair in History and professor of southern studies at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This extremely valuable volume is by far the most comprehensive overview of southern education that we have. It provides a rich treatment of educational topics and themes that will define the field for further study.—Thomas G. Dyer, University of Georgia

Editorial Reviews

This volume adds new perspective and insights in its cultural approach to the South. . . .Readers will be impressed with the clarity of writing and breadth of coverage. . . .Every public and academic library should own this readable volume. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers." —Choice

An excellent reference work and jumping-off point for new research.—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

This volume is recommended for purchase by academic libraries and any other libraries assembling the complete encyclopedia.—American Reference Books Annual

A solid resource and a valuable contribution to our understanding of education, which plays a major role in defining and developing southern culture in its various forms.—North Carolina Historical Review

Individuals interested in the South and in Alabama history, in particular, will find the volume explanatory and engaging.—Alabama Review

Well-written, interesting, and wide-ranging in its scope. . . . Education is highly recommended to those with interests in southern education. It is a thoughtful, readable, useful work that will undoubtedly serve, as did its predecessor, to help shape twenty-first century thinking about the role of education in shaping southern culture.—Florida Historical Quarterly

From the Publisher

This is the latest in a monographic series begun in 2006 with the intent of updating and expanding the well-received Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (Univ. of North Carolina, 1989), also sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. It "places education in the broader context of southern society and regional cultural identity," according to the introduction, and features a collection of topical essays (alphabetically arranged) that precede a set of encyclopedic entries devoted to people, places, and things in Southern education. For example, topical essays in the section "Urban and Metropolitan Colleges and Universities (Post 1945)" are complemented by entries for Rice University and Southern Methodist University. Likewise, a topical essay on military schools is buttressed by encyclopedic entries on the Citadel and the Virginia Military Institute. Slightly weighted toward higher education and toward the 20th century (a broader perspective would have required multiple volumes), it includes references to the general history of education (of all levels) in the Southern United States. The series is edited by well-respected scholar of Southern culture Charles Reagan Wilson, editor of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Volume editor Mohr (history, Univ. of South Alabama) is an equally respected scholar of Southern history and education. The 100-plus essays and entries are all signed by contributors, and most include references. The volume also includes an extensive index. BOTTOM LINE This excellent (and singular) source of scholarship on education from a unique cultural perspective will be a welcome addition to academic libraries, especially in those institutions with strong education programs.—Sarah W. Sutton, Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi

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