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Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: New.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1938. A Good copy. 8vo., 142 pp., with black & white photo reproductions bound in publishers decorated blue cloth. Overall slight fading to cloth at spine and edges. Tips, edges and top/base of spine rubbed. Boards bowed. Previous owners name inside front cover with pricing label inside rear cover. End pages tanned, text appears unmarked. Written by a White teacher, Emma E. Akin, who was working at an African-American school in Dunbar, Oklahoma where she noticed a lack of textbooks focusing on Black history and achievements. According to *Defining Print Culture for Youth, the Cultural Work of Children's Literature, "The Negro American Series cut against the prevailing stereotypes in textual theme and content as it did in its illustrations. Each volume includes information on the accomplishments of at least one notable African American, from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Roland Hayes to Phillis Wheatley, to lesser-known figures as well. Farm children and children who live in town are treated with equal respect. Families are described as loving and concerned. Class differences are never mentioned. Neither children nor adults are depicted as menials or buffoons. Race progress and uplift are constant themes.".

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1938 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 162 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 162.

First Edition. [African American Education][Segregation] Akin, Emma E. A Booker T. Washington School. 1938. Children's educational narrative describing the founding and development of a Black rural school in Oklahoma modeled on the educational philosophy of Booker T. Washington. Written by a white elementary school teacher working in Drumright, Oklahoma, the book documents the educational conditions of segregated African American schools in the early twentieth century and addresses the lack of positive biographical and institutional narratives available to Black children in segregated classrooms. Akin wrote the work after being assigned to teach an all-Black class for the first time and encountering limited instructional materials presenting African American historical figures or models of achievement. The narrative centers on the creation and growth of a community school organized around Washington's program of industrial education, moral discipline, and civic development, reflecting the continuing influence of Tuskegee-style educational ideals in Black schooling decades after Washington's death in 1915. Akin, Emma E. A Booker T. Washington School. Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Corporation, 1938. First edition. Yellow cloth boards with black illustrations and lettering. The text follows the efforts of teachers and students in a rural Oklahoma community to establish and sustain a school inspired by Washington's educational philosophy, emphasizing discipline, work, and collective improvement. Black and white photographs throughout depict African American students, classrooms, and school grounds, providing visual documentation of segregated schooling environments in Oklahoma during the late 1930s. The work was intended for young readers and presents the school as a place where education, vocational skill building, and community participation combine to foster personal advancement. Booker T. Washington's model of industrial and practical education exerted lasting influence across the segregated school systems of the American South and border states during the early twentieth century. Institutions modeled on Tuskegee frequently emphasized agricultural work, manual training, and moral discipline as pathways to economic stability and social advancement within a racially segregated society. Publications directed toward young readers that presented African American educational achievement or institutional development were comparatively limited in this period, particularly within regional school systems where instructional materials often excluded Black historical subjects. Akin's narrative situates a rural Oklahoma school within this broader educational tradition while documenting the persistence of segregated schooling prior to the mid-twentieth-century civil rights movement. 219 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding. No dust jacket. Binding somewhat fragile with wear to covers; original owner pencil inscription on front pastedown and front free endpaper along with a library ex-libris mark. Pages clean and textblock tight. Overall very good condition. A documented literary example of early twentieth century educational literature engaging with Booker T. Washington's influence on Black schooling in the segregated United States.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1938 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 272 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 272 Akin, Emma E. [from old catalog].

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1938 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 238 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 238.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1938 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 206 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 206.

Softcover. Condizione: New. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition: 1938. of the 1938 of Gifts by Emma E. Akin. A historically interesting twentieth-century work, offered here as a modern print reproduction for collectors and researchers. Images shown are non-contractual and are provided for reference only. of the 1938 of Gifts by Emma E. Akin. A historically interesting twentieth-century work, offered here as a modern print reproduction for collectors and researchers. Images shown are non-contractual and are provided for reference only. Book images are non-contractual. - Informations complémentaires : Langue : Anglais | Format : Livre broché | État : Neuf | Nombre de pages : 184.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.