| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 182) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The Creation of Community from a Historical Perspective. 1. Intradependence. 2. Cyclic Time. 3. The Avoidance of Risk -- pt. 2. Public Policy and the Subordination of Community. 4. The Deserted Village: A European Prelude. 5. The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Acquisition. 6. The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Dispossession -- pt. 3. Education and the Renewal of Community. 7. Starting the Conversation. 8. Place-Conscious Elementary Classrooms. 9. Place-Conscious Secondary Classrooms. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Reaching all the way back to the classical and medieval past, Teaching the Commons chronicles ideas and resulting policies that have shaped contemporary rural life and living in much of the industrial West. The book examines philosophical assumptions and charts their evolution into conventional wisdom about how human beings should meet their needs, govern themselves, and educate their children. Further, this book examines how policies emanating from these assumptions have slowly eroded the vitality of rural communities, finding that if there is sufficient interest in saving what is left of rural America, an educational agenda at the local level needs to be embraced by America's rural schools. |
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Arguing that vital, self-governing communities rather than self-interest individuals represent the greatest hope for American democracy, Teaching the Commons lays out an institutional foundation that would turn the cultivation of civic virtue into an educational goal every bit as important and attainable as education for success in the economic market. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Education, Rural -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Community and school -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Rural conditions.
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Sociology, Rural -- United States -- History.
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EDUCATION -- History.
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EDUCATION -- Comparative.
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Community and school. (OCoLC)fst00870669
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Education, Rural -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00903249
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Rural conditions. (OCoLC)fst01101474
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Sociology, Rural. (OCoLC)fst01123947
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Ländlicher Raum. (DE-588)4034026-0
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Bildungswesen. (DE-588)4006681-2
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Sozialgeschichte. (DE-588)4055772-8
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Landschule.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Theobald, Paul, 1956- Teaching the commons. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997 0813323037 9780813323039 (DLC) 96051814 (OCoLC)36042182 |
| ISBN |
9781429490894 (electronic book) |
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1429490896 (electronic book) |
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0813323037 (hc) |
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9780813323039 (hc) |
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0813323029 (paperback) |
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9780813323022 (paperback) |
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9780429976582 (e-book) |
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0429976585 |
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