1st Edition

The Life and Death of a Rural American High School (1995) Farewell Little Kanawha

Edited By Deyoung Alan Copyright 1995
360 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1995 this book provides an account of a detailed research project focusing on a rural school in West Virginia. Researched from several social science perspectives the book strives to capture intersections between biography and history in a particular public school – Burnsville High and Middle school in Braxton County - that has been influenced by social, political, and economic... Read more

1. Methodological Framework. 2 Contributing to Relevant Literatures. 3. Braxton County, West Virginia: Historical Vignettes. 4. Boom and Bust in the Salt Lick District. 5. Braxton County Schools and Communities. 6. Lost People, Lost Communities, and Lost Schools. 7. School Consolidation and the Locus of Community. 8. Little Kanawha: Looking Out and Looking In. 9. Interpreting Rural School Consolidation.

Biography

Deyoung Alan