Call school: A history of rural education in the Midwest to 1918

This thesis is an attempt to provide a balanced account of the history of the one-room country school experience in the states of the Middle West prior to 1918. It begins with an attempt to discover how the people of Midwest farming neighborhoods viewed the world around them and the place of formal education therein. In particular, the rural traditions of pietism, localism, and pastoralism are examined as major components of agrarian ideology. Each in a significant way suggests that rural people often believed there were limitations to the benefits of common schools.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Theobald, Paul Gilbert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, James D.

• History, United States
• Education, History of

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Theobald, Paul Gilbert

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026335
(UMI)AAI9026335

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22261