Thinking Confederates

Thinking Confederates
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Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 1572331046
ISBN-13 : 9781572331044
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Book Synopsis Thinking Confederates by : Dan R. Frost

Download or read book Thinking Confederates written by Dan R. Frost and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dan Frost shows how, inspired by the idea of progress, these men set about transforming Southern higher education. Recognizing the north's superiority in industry and technology, they turned their own schools from a classical orientation to a new emphasis on science and engineering. These educators came to define the Southern idea of progress and passed it on to their students, thus helping to create and perpetuate an expectation for the arrival of the New South."--BOOK JACKET.

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