Agricultural education at the Virginia Military Institute during the 1850s: forerunner of practical higher education in the South

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dc.contributorBreaux, Arleene P.
dc.contributorKilgo, Cindy A.
dc.contributorSorber, Nathaniel
dc.contributorTerry, Steve
dc.contributor.advisorHutcheson, Philo A.
dc.contributor.advisorHolley, Karri A.
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Michael Mitchell
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T18:12:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-14T18:12:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThroughout the first half of the 19th Century, Virginia planters, farmers, educators, and agricultural societies wrote about the need, and advocated for, formal university agricultural education. While this need was identified as early as the 1800s, it was not until the early 1850s that the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) started offering courses in agricultural chemistry. By the mid-to-late 1850s, the success of these courses led to an expanded agricultural chemistry program based on European modes; finally, an agricultural major and discipline had been created – the only program of its kind in the state of Virginia, and one of the first in the Southern states. However, the coming war at the end of 1859 would shift the focus of educators and state leaders, prohibiting the full implementation of the agricultural education plan.en_US
dc.format.extent162 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003134
dc.identifier.otherWallace_alatus_0004D_13518
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/5266
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectEducation history
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectMilitary history
dc.titleAgricultural education at the Virginia Military Institute during the 1850s: forerunner of practical higher education in the Southen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.nameEd.D.

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