Sketches the nature of early theater, vaudeville, and film competition. Focuses on one tool of competitive strategy--protection by copyright. (JMF)

In the period 1886-1905, the U.S. Department of State became more bureaucratized. Content analysis of intradepartmental correspondence indicates this bureaucratization helped certain large industries' interests to become "vested" in the department, meaning that the department took these interests into account in policymaking and routine…

Describes how basal readers manufacture reading failures among students from less-privileged economic and social backgrounds. Reviews the history of reading instruction in the United States. Calls for educators to speak out against reading practices that protect the privilege of the upper and upper-middle classes by encoding their values and…

Prior to 1880, the Lummi Indians had a well-developed salmon fishing economy. When non-Indians saw the value of this resource, the Lummi were evicted by various means. Starting in the 1960s, however, several western Indian tribes initiated legal procedures which resulted in the recovery of treaty-secured fishing rights. (AN)

An intricate analysis of the historical, military, and economic interdependence of language, religion, and state is presented, and the role of the vernacular tongue within the context of social structure is examined. (LH)

America cannot afford to continue to pay the sociopsychological, sociopolitical, and economic costs of racism. The economic and psychosocial benefits of racism to the majority population during the slavery era are obvious. Similar interests motivated the discriminatory treatment of African Americans during the Jim Crow period, when Whites still…

Reasons for the emergence of education benefits (Title II) as a major focus in the Veterans Assistance Act of 1944 are discussed. Effects and implications are briefly examined. (RM)

This essay focuses on southern West Virginia between 1915 and 1932 to explore the dynamics of Afro-American work and community life in the Appalachian region. More specifically, it analyzes the rise and expansion of the black coal mining proletariat, the role of black men and women in the process, and the impact of the proletarianization on black…

Discussion of changes in the world of children's publishing and in the sociopolitical climate of the United States between 1960 and 1985 covers changes in the markets for children's books, subject matter, and formats, as well as specific trends in picture books and nonfiction. (EM)

Traces the history of influences on the making of Navaho rugs, through a search of the J. L. Hubbell correspondence from 1878 to 1957. Describes changes in colors, design, fibers, construction, and uses of Navaho rugs. (CM)

Briefly reviewed is the historical development of working class science education. These current issues are discussed and sources indicated for investigating them: working class cultural, intellectual and educational traditions in science; elementary education; the rise of technical education; the separation of technical, secondary, and elementary…

In this article, the author traces the history of Canadian post-secondary education. The author observes how the development of the country's post-secondary education reflects the changes of its socioeconomic priorities. Two relatively calm beginnings characterized by the construction of the first universities, the period of expansion of the…

Current interpretations of central Appalachia's chronic poverty focus on the region's economic dependence on the bituminous coal industry, controlled by absentee investors and serving an external market. Such theories overlook the ways in which the agricultural sector shaped subsequent industrial development. By analyzing the farm economy of 16…

The University of the West Indies is undergoing institutional change brought about by its seeking to adapt itself to the demands and varying needs of its several supporting governments. The university's historical background, the impact of political independence, and the restructuring of the university are discussed. (RM)

Retrenchment controversies as they influenced school policy and as they related to changes in educational politics in Detroit (Michigan) from 1929 to 1935 are examined. Investigated are questions such as, How was massive retrenchment undertaken?, What political alignments arose over the retrenchment issue?, and What were the long term…