Getting a Grip on the Good Life: Essay Review of Alan DeYoung's The Life and Death of a Rural American High School: Farewell Little Nanawha

Creator

Craig Howley
Paul Theobald

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

March 1995

Abstract

Alan DeYoung's story of the circumstances surrounding the birth, growth, and death of a high school in rural West Virginia is an intellectual contribution of the first order. And Farewell Little Kanawha is certainly one of the best stories to be told by an educational researcher in recent decades. Its strength derives in large measure from DeYoung's deftness in crossing disciplinary borders. The interplay of economics, sociology, history (both oral and documentary), anthropology, and biography render this story far more compelling than most educational research. ...

Extent

10

Geographic Location

West Virginia

Volume

3

Issue

8

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Review of Alan DeYoung's book "The Life and Death of a Rural American High School: Farewell Little Kanawha"

Identifier

E11-00037

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Recommended Citation

Howley, Craig and Theobald, Paul, "Getting a Grip on the Good Life: Essay Review of Alan DeYoung's The Life and Death of a Rural American High School: Farewell Little Nanawha" (1995). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 286.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/286