Alex Lord's British Columbia : recollections of a rural school inspector, 1915-36 / / editor, John Calam

• Autore: Lord A. R (Alexander Russell), <1885-1961.>
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits, plates
• Disciplina: 971.1/03
• Soggetto topico: Education, Rural - British Columbia - History - 20th century; School supervision, Rural - British Columbia - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: British Columbia Description and travel
• Altri autori: CalamJohn
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- North of Fifty-Three -- Northern Interior Episodes -- Politics and Personalities -- 'Dig Yourselves Out' -- By River to Quesnel -- Peace River Memories -- Isolation in the Charlottes -- Chilcotin Country -- Kelowna Beginnings -- The View from Headquarters -- Losers and Winners -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment. These memoirs invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province. We meet many of the unusual characters who inhabited this last frontier and learn of their hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, and eccentricities. More particularly, we are reminded of the historical significance of the one-room rural school and its role as an indispensable instrument of community cohesion. John Calam organizes the memoirs according to the regions through which Lord travelled. Included in the introduction are a biography of Alex Lord, a brief description of the British Columbia he knew, a sketch of the province's public education system and an assessment of the place Lord's writing now occupies among other works on education and society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alex Lord's British Columbia
• ISBN: 1-283-22529-8; 9786613225290; 0-7748-5362-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827013503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pioneers of British Columbia.