LEADER 03363nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910820178503321 005 20240418003110.0 010 $a1-282-35181-8 010 $a9786612351815 010 $a0-300-15627-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300156270 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010727 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050106 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11282528 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283814 035 $a(PQKB)11728970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420474 035 $a(DE-B1597)486402 035 $a(OCoLC)1024005481 035 $a(OCoLC)1029821676 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692690 035 $a(OCoLC)1037979905 035 $a(OCoLC)1041972948 035 $a(OCoLC)1046605440 035 $a(OCoLC)1047005310 035 $a(OCoLC)1049623743 035 $a(OCoLC)1054878877 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300156270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343521 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235181 035 $a(OCoLC)923593187 035 $a(PPN)193900009 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010727 100 $a20080505d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSmall wonder $ethe little red schoolhouse in history and memory /$fJonathan Zimmerman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 1 $aIcons of America 300 $aSeries from jacket. 311 $a0-300-12326-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart One History -- $tPart two Memory -- $tConclusion Dear Old Golden Rule Days? -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe little red schoolhouse has all but disappeared in the United States, but its importance in national memory remains unshakable. This engaging book examines the history of the one-room school and how successive generations of Americans have remembered-and just as often misremembered-this powerful national icon. Drawing on a rich range of sources, from firsthand accounts to poems, songs, and films, Jonathan Zimmerman traces the evolution of attitudes toward the little red schoolhouse from the late nineteenth century to the present day. At times it was celebrated as a symbol of lost rural virtues or America's democratic heritage; at others it was denounced as the epitome of inefficiency and substandard academics. And because the one-room school has been a useful emblem for liberal, conservative, and other agendas, the truth of its history has sometimes been stretched. Yet the idyllic image of the schoolhouse still unites Americans. For more than a century, it has embodied the nation's best aspirations and-especially-its continuing faith in education itself. 410 0$aIcons of America. 606 $aSchool buildings$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aSchool buildings$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a371.6/20973 700 $aZimmerman$b Jonathan$f1961-$01616974 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820178503321 996 $aSmall wonder$93947965 997 $aUNINA