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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Rural history"”.
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The University of the Witwatersrand History Workshop and radical South African historical scholarship in the 1970's and 1980's
The thesis examines the History Workshop at the University of the University of the Witwatersrand in the context of radical South African historical scholarship. Not only is the History Workshop shown to mirror developments in radical scholarship but it is seen to guide and stimulate particular …
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Remembering The Church In The Wildwood: The Archival Processing And Digitization Of The Martinsville Baptist Church Collection
… Baptist Church was founded in 1912 in a rural farming community on State Highway 7 in eastern Nacogdoches County. The church was founded during a revival being held in the community of Martinsville and has been in continuous operation ever since. The church grew throughout its lifetime, …
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“…taken in hand by Indians”: Jewish-Indigenous Relations in the Early Twentieth-Century Qu'Appelle Valley Region
An unsubstantiated claim has defined a particular understanding of historic Jewish-Indigenous relations in Western Canada for over ninety years. Since 1931, at least six scholars have claimed that Indigenous peoples helped destitute Jewish settlers of the Lipton Agricultural Colony in 1901. None of …
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An Examination of the Challenges Experienced by Novice Principals Leading Rural Schools in Virginia
Novice principals leading rural schools experience unique challenges that define their leadership practices. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how novice principals interpret and understand the challenges they experience as developing leaders within a rural school setting in …
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"We cleared the land with our own hands": space and place in African American community building and freedom struggles in the Missouri Bootheel, 1890-1968"
… transformations in the twentieth-century rural South. Yet, our understanding of how African Americans actively engaged in power struggles over space, and the nature of struggle in the Border South, has been under-analyzed. This dissertation looks at the significance of space and place to …