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Gates, Hill – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1989
Documents women's historically low place in Chinese culture as an integral part of a complex economic pattern. Covers the following topics: (1) women, family, and economy; (2) the Chinese modes of production; (3) views of commodity production in China; (4) class relations; (5) women's labor; and (6) textiles, women, and class. (JS)
Descriptors: Asian History, Capitalism, Chinese Culture, Economic Opportunities
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Stelmakh, V. D. – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Addresses social and cultural changes of reading in Russia: (1) changes in cultural hierarchy; (2) changes in reader behavior; (3) declining importance of classic literature; and (4) rise of mass culture and its effects. Tables present information on the genre of books that were best sellers and books borrowed from Russian libraries. (JMV)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Classics (Literature), Foreign Countries, Popular Culture
Koos, Leonard V. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
This manuscript, prepared by Doctor Koos and the staff, is a summary of the entire survey as published in 27 other monographs. It epitomizes the organization of secondary education, giving due stress to full-time and part-time schools; to the nature of the secondary-school population, showing that it has increased very greatly and, therefore, it…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Physical Education, Articulation (Education), Secondary Education