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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808835803321

Autore

Peard Julyan G.

Titolo

An American teacher in Argentina : Mary Gorman's nineteenth-century odyssey from New Mexico to the Pampas / / Julyan G. Peard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61148-765-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

370.92

Soggetti

Teachers - United States

Americans - Argentina - History - 19th century

Education - Argentina - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Southwest; 3 East; 4 Sur; 5 Curumalán; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This is the story of Mary Gorman who, in 1869, was the first American woman to accept President Sarmiento's invitation to set up normal schools in Argentina. She lived a transnational and transformative life moving along Indian-White frontiers in the U.S. southwest and Argentina and participating in the early education of both countries. This book is based on original research and scholarly bibliography and accessible to both scholarly and general audiences.