The Life and Death of a Rural American High School (1995)

Published in 1995 this book presents detailed research from unstructured interviews, oral histories, historical records, and intermittent fieldwork to provide an in-depth look at a specific school, offering a basis for discussing rural schools in general.

Deyoung Alan

1. Methodological Framework. 2 Contributing to Relevant Literatures. 3. Braxton County, West Virginia: Historical Vignettes. 4. Boom and Bust in the Salt Lick District. 5. Braxton County Schools and Communities. 6. Lost People, Lost Communities, and Lost Schools. 7. School Consolidation and the Locus of Community. 8. Little Kanawha: Looking Out and Looking In. 9. Interpreting Rural School Consolidation.