Seaman A. Knapp : : Schoolmaster of American Agriculture / / Joseph Cannon Bailey.

Studies the life of Seaman A. Knapp as the founder of farm demonstration work and boys and girls clubs from which derived the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
©1945
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Columbia University Studies in the History of American Agriculture ; 10
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Editors' Foreword --
Preface --
Contents --
Part 1. The Making of a Teacher and an Agriculturist --
I. A Homespun Childhood --
II . A Classical Education and the Classical Educator --
III. The Reeducation of a Pedagogue and Farmer --
IV. The New Education for Agriculture --
V. A Venture in Land Settlement --
Part 2. The Founding of the County Agricultural Agent System --
VI . A Program to Promote Agriculture in the South --
VII . The Discovery of The Agricultural Demonstration Technique --
VIII. The Boll Weevil Emergency --
IX. The Organization of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work --
X . The Growth of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work --
XI . Extension of the County Farm Agent System --
Part 3. The Institutionalization of an Individual --
XII . The Passage of the Smith-Lever Act --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:Studies the life of Seaman A. Knapp as the founder of farm demonstration work and boys and girls clubs from which derived the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231890281
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/bail92752
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Joseph Cannon Bailey.