MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01717cam a22003134a 4500
001 2006010059
003 DLC
005 20061017095941.0
008 060324s2006 mouab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006010059
020 $a0826216692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780826216694
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm65301955
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dIXA$dDLC
042 $apcc$alcac
043 $an-us-mo
050 00 $aLA316$b.T46 2006
082 00 $a370/.977809$222
100 1 $aThomas, Sue,$d1932-
245 12 $aA second home :$bMissouri's early schools /$cSue Thomas.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2006.
300 $axii, 142 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aMissouri heritage readers
520 $a"History of early schools in Missouri, including accounts of teaching materials and methods and schoolday activities. Describes schools in frontier settlements such as Ste. Genevieve. Discusses the beginnings of public education in the 1850s and the contributions of John Berry Meachum, James Milton Turner, and other African American leaders"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : children on the frontier -- The first schools in upper Louisiana -- The Missouri Territory -- A new state -- The rural schoolhouse -- The rural schoolteacher -- The scholars' day -- Tools of learning -- The slow progress of common schools -- Rebuilding Missouri's school system "without regard to color" -- A gathering place.
650 0 $aEducation$zMissouri$xHistory.
650 0 $aSchools$zMissouri$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010059.html