This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, discusses the conditions, mechanisms, and functions that characterize classificatory systems, taking as an example the 19th century classification of some types of behavior as madness. It is designed for independent…

This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, deals with the ways in which knowledge is historically classified into distinct fields. The example used is the 19th century demarcation between science and psuedo-science. The course is designed for independent…

The amount of information available on Women's Studies has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Therefore, a brief bibliography of texts which focuses on women and history has been compiled. The items are grouped under the following headings: articles (published in a journal), bibliographies (including teaching guides and sources to…

This annotated bibliography lists publications which explore the various aspects of women's relation to literature. The items are grouped under the following headings: (1) articles (published in a journal); (2) books (single-author texts); and (3) collections (essays and documents, generally reprinted from other sources). (BZ)

This document is intended to promote understanding of democracy in Scotland as a social and cultural process that is sustained through learning as well as through political institutions and procedures. It consists of 47 short, easy-to-read papers that can be used in existing programs (for example, modern studies and social studies) or as…