| Titre | Georgetown, Colorado : éducation et promotion sociale au XIXe siècle dans l'Ouest américain | |
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| Auteur | Chantal Mareuil | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 74, octobre 1997 Enseignement primaire et secondaire aux Etats-Unis. | |
| Page | 7 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
The pictures of American West at the time of the Gold and Silver Rush which commonly appear in popular literature and western films tend to show a violent society, obsessed with wealth and material acquisitions, one in which education had no place. These representations are oversimplified and inadequate. In many a mining town during the second half of the 19th century, education was in fact held as one of the major priorities. In the respect, the example of Georgetown, Colorado, is an interesting case in point. The social élite which settled therefrom 1864 on played a determining role in the development of a very ambitious and elaborate school system. A series of laws for the promotion of schooling was adopted very early on by the legislature of the Territory of Colorado, which sustained the city in this effort. As a result, schools in Georgetown soon became an important factor in the integration of diverse national groups, in the settling of a permanent population and in the social promotion of the younger generation. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfea_0397-7870_1997_num_74_1_1711 |
