John Maynard

Paradigm of Hope - The Story of the Peabody Academy

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of the Peabody Academy that once existed in the Town of Troy, N.C. A model for all schools that were to follow after it, this is the great story of all the things that happened at this historically black school. A must read for anyone interested in the evolution of the educational system in Montgomery County, NC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781387146475
• ISBN-10: 1387146475
• Artikelnr.: 66394474

Autorenporträt

Emeritus Professor John Maynard is a Worimi Aboriginal man from the Port Stephens region of New South Wales. He has held several major positions and served on numerous prominent organisations and committees including, Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association. He was the recipient of the Aboriginal History (Australian National University) Stanner Fellowship in 1996, the New South Wales Premiers Indigenous History Fellow 2003, Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow 2004, University of Newcastle Researcher of the Year 2008 and 2012. In 2014 he was elected a member of the prestigious Australian Social Sciences Academy and in 2020 made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He gained his PhD in 2003, examining the rise of early Aboriginal political activism. He has worked with and within many Aboriginal communities, urban, rural, and remote. Professor Maynard's publications have concentrated on the intersections of Aboriginal political and social history, and the history of Australian race relations.