Title Closing chapters : urban change, religious reform, and the decline of Youngstown's Catholic elementary schools, 1960-2006 / Thomas G. Welsh

Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (341 pages) Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Epilogue; Bibliography; Addendum; Index Summary Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementary schools between 1960 and 2006. Through the examination of Youngstown, Welsh sheds light on a significant national phenomenon: the fragmentation of American Catholic identity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Catholic elementary schools -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- History Education, Urban -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- History Catholics -- Religious identity -- United States EDUCATION -- Elementary. Catholic elementary schools Catholics -- Religious identity Education, Urban Ohio -- Youngstown United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780739165966 0739165968 0739165941 9780739165942

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