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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798127503321

Autore

Janak E

Titolo

Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South [[electronic resource] ] : The Work of John Eldred Swearingen / / by E. Janak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-137-48406-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations, photographs, tables

Classificazione

EDU001000EDU016000EDU034000EDU036000

Disciplina

370.92

Soggetti

School management and organization

School administration

Educational policy

Education and state

Learning

Education—History

Sociology

Administration, Organization and Leadership

Educational Policy and Politics

Education Policy

Learning & Instruction

History of Education

Sociology, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction 1. South Carolina, Populism and the 'New South', 1865-1906 2. Fighting the Good Fight, 1907-1915 3. Political Triptych: Swearingen, Blease and Tillman, 1911-1915 4. Swept Up in Progressivism, 1915-1919 5. Robert Cooper and the Final Battle, 1919-1957 6. Conlcusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South explores how race, gender, disability, and politics all came together to impact the career of one State Superintendent of Education in South Carolina who fought to improve educational conditions for African-Americans,



women, and millworkers' children in South Carolina.