Author: P. J. WyattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A History of the First Hundred Years of the Kansas State Teachers College, 1863-1963
Author: P. J. WyattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Kansas State University
Author: Kansas State UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Kansas State University. A Pictorial History. The First Century, 1863-1963. Prepared as a Memento of the University Centennial Celebration. (Compiled and Edited by Charles C. Howes.).
Author: Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science (MANHATTAN)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A History of the State Normal School of Kansas
Author: Kansas State Teachers College of EmporiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emporia (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Historical Souvenir of the Kansas State Teachers College
Author: Kansas State Teachers College of PittsburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Ghost Settlement on the Prairie
Author: Joseph V. HickeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Four miles southeast of the village of Matfield Green in Chase County, Kansas—the heart of the Flint Hills—lies the abandoned settlement of Thurman. At the turn of the century Thurman was a prosperous farming and ranching settlement with fifty-one households, a post office, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, five schools, and a church. Today, only the ruins of Thurman remain. Joseph Hickey uses Thurman to explore the settlement form of social organization, which—along with the village, hamlet, and small town—was a dominant feature of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American life. He traces Thurman's birth in 1874, its shallow rises and falls, and its demise in 1944. Akin to what William Least Heat-Moon did for Chase County in PrairyErth, Hicky provides a "deep map" for one post-office community and, consequently, tells us a great deal about America's rural past. Describing the shifting relationships between Thurmanites and their Matfield Green neighbors, Hickey details how social forces set in motion by the American ideal of individualism and the machinations of capitalist entrepreneurs produced a Darwinian struggle between Thurman stock raisers and Flint Hills "cattle barons" that ultimately doomed Thurman. Central to the story are the concept of "ordinary entrepreneurship" and the profoundly capitalist attitudes of the farmers who settled Thurman and thousands of other communities dotting the American landscape. Hickey's account of Thurman's social organization and disintegration provides a new perspective on what happened when the cattle drives from Texas and the Southwest shifted in the 1880s from the Kansas cowtowns to the Flint Hills. Moreover, he punctures numerous myths about the Flint Hills, including those that cattle dominated because the land is too rocky to farm or that Indians refused to farm because of traditional beliefs. Like many other small rural communities, Hickey argues, Thurman during its seventy-year history was actually several different settlements. A product of changing social conditions, each one resulted from shifting memberships and boundaries that reflected the efforts of local entrepreneurs to use country schools, churches, and other forms of "social capital" to gain advantages over their competitors. In the end, Thurman succumbed to the impact of agribusiness, which had the effect of transforming social capital from an asset into a liability. Ultimately, Hickey shows, the settlement's fate echoed the decline of rural community throughout America.
Kansas State University, 1863-1963
Author: Kansas State UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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A History of the State Normal School of Kansas: For the First Twenty-Five Years
Author: Kansas State Teachers College of EmpoPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021672179
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This detailed history of the first 25 years of the State Normal School of Kansas (now Emporia State University) provides a fascinating glimpse into the educational system of the late 19th century American midwest. With accounts of student life, faculty politics, and curricular development, this book is a valuable resource for scholars of 19th century American education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pittsburg State University
Author: Randy E. RobertsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780700616442
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This first ever history of the southeastern Kansas university presents nearly 400 photographs, accompanied by insightful text, to trace the institution's evolution during its first century--as it transformed from a modest state vocational school to today's multipurpose university of more than 7,000 students.
History Teaching at Kansas State College, 1863-1950
Author: Charles Meclain CorrellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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