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The May 1927 issue of True Detective magazine dealt with the
shooting of Tommy Evans and subsequent investigation of the case in
the Old 23rd District of Henry County, Tennessee. The True
Detective article read in part, "They told me of the existence of a
'whiskey ring, ' in which it was estimated that seventy-five
percent of the population ... was alleged to have been engaged in
this illicit whiskey business. And it was contended that (Tommy
Evans), a respectable and law-abiding citizen, member of the
minority faction in the moonshine domain, had openly defied the
moonshiners - had became a crusader against them - and died a
martyr to the cause of his convictions. Thus the motive for the
assassination of (Evans) was apparent." The magazine article quoted
a Paris, Tenn., minister, J.H. Buchanan, as saying that, "There are
twelve men in this immediate section ready to stand for
'four-square for the right, ' and there are twenty-five men over
there, and I might be able to name them, who are banded together to
protect and promulgate the liquor interests. The remaining citizens
in this district are in the middle of the road - either in sympathy
with the devil's gang, or they lack the courage to say where they
stand." It was amid such a climate that this book is set. South of
the Mouth of Sandy focuses on the Evans family that settled near
the confluence of the Big Sandy and Tennessee rivers during the
middle part of the 19th century. It traces the ancestry of Tommy
Evans and tells the story of his death on a dirt road and the trial
of his killer.
Behind the hype of the 'virtual university' lies real change in the
way practitioners approach university teaching. This book focuses
on the changes to teaching both on and off campus that have either
come from, or themselves influenced the development of educational
technologies. Australian authors.
Distance education is arguably one of the major developments in
education during the 20th Century. From schooling through to
university education, distance education blossomed to facilitate
frontier expansion in the New World, capacity-building in
developing nations, access and equity provision in post-War
societies and flexible professional development and workplace
training for late-modernity. "The International Handbook of
Distance Education" explores the array of distance education
theories and practices as they have been shaped by the late-20th
Century and then positions these in terms of the contemporary
circumstances of the 21st Century. The "Handbook' is intended to be
a comprehensive reference work for practitioners, researchers and
administrators engaged in forms of distance education in private
and public education, from schooling through undergraduate and
postgraduate coursework to doctoral research programs. A critical
thread runs throughout the "Handbook" to provide the reader with
stimulation to critique policy and practice with a view to being
creative and responsive in their own policy development and
educational work. It discusses lifelong and flexible learning
environments.
We live in a society with ever changing needs and expectations.
Education practitioners and policymakers need therefore to face the
challenges of new economic, social and technological conditions in
their work. There is a global concern to develop forms of education
and training which are open to the demands and needs of learners,
and which are accessible at times and places suitable to those
learners. Governments, institutions and practitioners are
developing and implementing policies which reflect these trends.
The overall theme of this text is the relationship between
government and organizational policies and the work of
practitioners in open and distance learning. It does this by
exploring a selection of international examples. The authors write
from a wide range of international and organizational perspectives.
Each one draws on significant experience within his or her field.
We live in a society with ever changing needs and expectations.
Education practitioners and policymakers need therefore to face the
challenges of new economic, social and technological conditions in
their work. There is a global concern to develop forms of education
and training which are open to the demands and needs of learners,
and which are accessible at times and places suitable to those
learners. Governments, institutions and practitioners are
developing and implementing policies which reflect these trends.
The overall theme of this text is the relationship between
government and organizational policies and the work of
practitioners in open and distance learning. It does this by
exploring a selection of international examples. The authors write
from a wide range of international and organizational perspectives.
Each one draws on significant experience within his or her field.
This important book provides a context in which the practice of
innovative distance educators can be articulated and communicated
to the expanding field of distance education.
Behind the hype of the 'virtual university' lies real change in the
way practitioners approach university teaching. This book focuses
on the changes to teaching both on and off campus that have either
come from, or themselves influenced the development of educational
technologies. Australian authors.
The May 1927 issue of True Detective magazine dealt with the
shooting of Tommy Evans and subsequent investigation of the case in
the Old 23rd District of Henry County, Tennessee. The True
Detective article read in part, "They told me of the existence of a
'whiskey ring, ' in which it was estimated that seventy-five
percent of the population ... was alleged to have been engaged in
this illicit whiskey business. And it was contended that (Tommy
Evans), a respectable and law-abiding citizen, member of the
minority faction in the moonshine domain, had openly defied the
moonshiners - had became a crusader against them - and died a
martyr to the cause of his convictions. Thus the motive for the
assassination of (Evans) was apparent." The magazine article quoted
a Paris, Tenn., minister, J.H. Buchanan, as saying that, "There are
twelve men in this immediate section ready to stand for
'four-square for the right, ' and there are twenty-five men over
there, and I might be able to name them, who are banded together to
protect and promulgate the liquor interests. The remaining citizens
in this district are in the middle of the road - either in sympathy
with the devil's gang, or they lack the courage to say where they
stand." It was amid such a climate that this book is set. South of
the Mouth of Sandy focuses on the Evans family that settled near
the confluence of the Big Sandy and Tennessee rivers during the
middle part of the 19th century. It traces the ancestry of Tommy
Evans and tells the story of his death on a dirt road and the trial
of his killer.
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