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Civic Learning through County Fairs: Promoting the Useful and the Good in Nineteenth-Century Indiana
Lauzon, Glenn P. – American Educational History Journal, 2010
For most of the nineteenth century, county agricultural fairs had little to do with schools and schooling; nevertheless, they served as potent sources of learning. During the post-Civil War generation, most of the learning county agricultural fairs generated had little to do with livestock, crops, and cultivation; nevertheless, farmers and others…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Counties, Agriculture, Exhibits