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Education in the Forming of the American South

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

John Hardin Best
John Hardin Best*
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The Pennsylvania State University, and he now lives in Asheville, North Carolina
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Any analysis of social, cultural, and political issues in any part of the world can be instantly derailed by inserting into the discussion the comment “except in the South.” A discourse, for example, on the striving, otherworldly qualities of French Gothic architecture is brought up short with the qualification “except in the south of France.” Likewise, an analysis of political behavior in Chicago, with its ethnic diversities and rivalries, has to treat the southside of Chicago as exceptional.

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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , Spring 1996 , pp. 39 - 51
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Copyright © 1996 by the History of Education Society 

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