Growing Up American: Schooling and the Survival of Community
- ISBN-10
- 0881338257
- ISBN-13
- 9780881338256
- Series
- Growing Up American
- Category
- Community and school
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Waveland PressInc
- Author
- Alan Peshkin
Description
This book provides a rare insight into the processes of schooling in rural American, & the experiences of growing up in that setting.
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- 1998-01-22
- 284 pages
- Ebook
- Russell Sage Foundation
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- 1998-01-22
- 290 pages
- Paperback
- Russell Sage Foundation
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- 1995
- 132 pages
- Paperback
- Twayne Publishers
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- 1978-01-01
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press
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