| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182). |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: Hybrid; Acknowledgments; 1. Landscapes of Literacy; 2. Settlement; 3. Adjusting to Scale; 4. From the Garden Club; 5. Sponsoring Pride and Identity; Afterword: Change and Settlement; Source Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Explores how older women in a rural town use literacy to shape their lives and community. Here, the author describes the lives of her grandmother and other women in her hometown of Paxton, Nebraska. The literacy practices of these women exemplify the complexities within rural communities often dismissed as "only" women's work. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nebraska -- Rural conditions.
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Nebraska. |
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Rural conditions. |
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Rural women -- Nebraska.
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Rural women. |
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Literacy -- Nebraska.
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Literacy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hogg, Charlotte, 1970- From the garden club. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006 0803273657 9780803273658 (DLC) 2006006328 (OCoLC)64688335 |
| ISBN |
9780803207318 (electronic book) |
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080320731X (electronic book) |
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1280550732 |
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9781280550737 |
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