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Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South, 2014
The Work of John Eldred Swearingen
Author: Janak E.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South:
Keywords
Education; Educational foundations; Educational administration; History of education; Educational biography; Biography; Political science; Gender studies; Masculinity; Disability studies; Southern studies; children; education; education reform; gender; gender studies; history of education; political science; politics; learning and instruction
Publication date: 12-2014
259 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
259 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
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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.
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
Edward Janak is Associate Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Wyoming, USA.
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