"It was fine, if you wanted to leave": Educational ambivalence in a nova scotian coastal community 1963-1998

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-471

  Corbett, Michael ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Migration; Nova scotia; Rural education; School persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844277555     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2004.35.4.451     Document Type: Article

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