| Collation |
xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
History of schools and schooling ; 25 |
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History of schools and schooling ; v. 25.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index. |
| Contents |
"A time to reap and a time to sow?": rethinking rural school calendars in the nineteenth century -- "No more rules, no more books": the elimination of summer terms from the nineteenth-century urban school calendar -- "School's out for summer": ideology and the creation of summer vacation, 1840-90 -- "Mitigating mental and moral stagnation": reassessment of summer education and social transformations, 1865-1915 -- "Keeping up with Superintendent Jones": the origins, diffusion, and bureaucratic transformation of vacation schools, 1866-1929 -- "Easy credit": the limits of reputation and the structure of summer schools in Detroit, 1901-39 -- Epilogue: Summer school in the service of national education aims, 1930-2000 -- Appendix: The origins of vacation schools in the United States. |
| Subject |
Summer schools -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
0820456578 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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