Main entry:

Gulliford, Andrew, author.

Title & Author:

America's country schools / Andrew Gulliford.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, 1984.
©1984

Description:

291 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Country schools in American education -- The four Rs: reading, writing, arithmetic, recitation -- Teachers' lives on the western frontier -- Country schools as community centers -- Country schools and the assimilation process -- Country schools today -- Portfolio : country school legacy -- Little red schoolhouses and others -- Portfolio : country school architecture -- The new three Rs: restoration, rehabilitation, reuse -- Case studies -- Country schools state by state -- Bibliography -- Sources of information -- Index of schools.
Also issued online.

Summary:

An abundantly illustrated history of the country school with plans of interiors and grounds. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0891331123 (pbk.)
9780891331124 (pbk.)

Subject:

Rural schools United States History.
School buildings United States History.
Écoles rurales États-Unis Histoire.
Constructions scolaires États-Unis Histoire.
Rural schools.
School buildings.
Landschule
Rural schools History.
United States.
USA.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63411
Call No.: ID:85-B827
Status: Available

Location: Library main 63410
Call No.: PO13061; ID:85-B827
Status: Available