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The Midwest's one-room schools were, Fuller observes, the most democratic in the nation. Located in small, independent school districts, these schools virtually wiped out illiteracy, promoted democratic values, and opened up new vistas beyond the borders of their students' lives. Entire communities, Fuller shows, revolved around these schools. At various times they were used as churches, polling places, sites of political caucuses, and meeting halls for local organizations. But as America urbanized and the movement to consolidate took hold in rural counties, these little centers of learning were left at the margins of the educational system. Some were torn down, some left to weather away, some sold at auction, and still others transformed into museums. Despite its demise, Fuller argues, here was a school system that worked. His book offers a timely reminder of what schools can accomplish when communities work closely together to educate their children.

Journal Article Dorothy Ganfield Fowler. Unmailable: Congress and the Post Office. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 1977. Pp. x, 266. $14.50 Get access Fowler Dorothy Ganfield. Unmailable: Congress and the Post Office. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 1977. Pp. x, 266. $14.50. Wayne E. Fuller Wayne E. Fuller The University of Texas, El Paso Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 83, Issue 2, April 1978, Pages 548–549, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/83.2.548-a Published: 01 April 1978

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