Record details

• ISBN: 9780807834916
• ISBN: 0807834912
• ISBN: 9780807872017
• ISBN: 0807872016
• Physical Description: xxii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
• Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--title page verso.

"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Agrarians, Vanderbilt -- Alabama, University of -- Alabama, university of, at Birmingham -- Edwin A. Alderman -- American Missionary Association Colleges -- Arkansas, University of -- Atlanta University Center -- Auburn University -- Frederick A.P. Barnard -- Stringfellow Barr -- Baylor University -- Berea College -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Birmingham-Southern College -- Black Mountain College -- Bob Jones University -- Horace Mann Bond -- Melvin E. Bradford -- B. Harvie Branscomb -- Charlotte Hawkins Brown -- Nannie Helen Burroughs -- John C. Campbell -- Campus Ministries -- Center for the Study of Southern Culture -- Chautauqua -- John Chavis -- Citadel -- Clemson University -- College of William and Mary -- Commonwealth College -- William Terry Couch -- J.L.M. Curry -- Desegregation (College) in Louisiana -- William E. Dodd -- Duke University -- Emory University -- Fisk University -- Florida, University of -- John Hope Franklin -- William C. Friday -- Furman University -- General Education Board -- Georgia, University of -- Georgia Institute of Technology -- Basil Gildersleeve -- Frank Graham -- Hampden-Sydney College -- Hampton Institute -- Head Start -- Highlander Folk School/Highlander Research and Education Center -- Homeschooling -- Jackson State University -- Journal of Southern History -- Kappa Alpha Order -- Kentucky, University of -- V.O. Key, Jr. -- James H. Kirkland -- Louisiana State University -- Edgar Odell Lovett -- Benjamin Elijah Mays -- Mercer University -- Millsaps College -- Mississippi, University of -- Mississippi Freedom Schools -- Mississippi State University -- National Humanities Center -- Josephine Newcomb -- New Orleans Public Schools -- North Carolina, University of -- Howard W. Odum -- One-room schools -- U.B. Phillips -- Piney Woods School -- William Louis Poteat -- Homer Rainey -- Randolph-Macon College -- Sarah Towles Reed -- Rice University -- School of Organic Education -- Scopes Trial -- William N. Sheats -- Guy E. Snavely -- South Alabama, University of -- South Carolina, University of -- Southern cultures -- Wouthern Education Foundation -- Southern Historical Association and its antecedents -- Southern Methodist University -- Southern Regional Education Board -- Spring Hill College -- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education -- Talladega College -- Allen Tate -- Tennessee, University of -- Texas, University of -- Texas A&M University -- Texas Southern University -- Tulane University -- Tuskegee University -- University of North Carolina School of the Arts -- University of the South -- Rupert B. Vance -- Vanderbilt University -- Virginia, University of -- Virginia Military Institute -- Joseph F. Volker -- Wake Forest University -- Booker T. Washington -- Washington and Lee University -- Richard M. Weaver -- Goodrich Cook White -- C. Vann Woodward.

Education in the south -- Academic freedom -- Agricultural education -- Athletics and education -- Black education -- Black public colleges -- Busing -- Desegregation -- Desegregation of college sports -- Desegregation of private universities and colleges -- Fraternities and sororities -- Illiteracy and least literate -- Medical education -- Military schools -- Political activism among college students -- Politics of education -- Progressivism and higher education in the new south -- Quality of education -- Religion and education -- Research universities -- Teachers, premodern -- Technological education -- Urban and metropolitan colleges and universities (post-1945) -- Urbanization and education -- Women's higher education.

Citation/References Note:

Booklist

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Library Journal Starred

Booklist, April 2011

Choice, September 2011

Library Journal Starred, July 2011

Target Audience Note:

Adult

Adult Follett Library Resources

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Subject:

Education > Southern States > Encyclopedias.
Universities and colleges > Southern States > Encyclopedias.
Popular culture > Southern States > Encyclopedias.
Southern States > Social conditions > Encyclopedias.
Southern States > Social life and customs > Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

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