Between 1845 and 1850, more than a million Irish starved to death while massive quantities of food were being exported from their country. A half million were evicted from their homes during the potato blight. A million and a half emigrated to the United States, Britain, and Australia, often on board rotting, overcrowded "coffin ships."…

During the last decade the New Zealand government and its education, health, and welfare sectors have increasingly focused their attention on gaps between Maori, non-Maori, and Maori failure within the education sector and society generally. This has created a sense of despair and sometimes panic among Maori and Pakeha (non-Maori) educationists…

This lesson, one of four stand-alone lessons that examine Australia as an aspect of world history, addresses the relationship between Australia and Great Britain, exploring Australia's peaceful move to self-rule, membership in the Commonwealth, and development of nationality. The lesson has two parts. In the first part, "Formation of a…

This book integrates a historical and linguistic exploration of world English, documenting the emergence of the language as a contested site of linguistic encounters. It revises the understanding of English spread during the colonial period, emphasizing the agency of non-mother-tongue English speakers. The book contends that English owes its…

Examines the novels of Chinua Achebe in the light of Jean Jacques Rousseau's definition of political alienation as the political process of representation whereby a community allows its interests to be represented by a smaller group. (Author/JM)

An address to the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1970, by California State Senator. (RJ)

Emphasizes the need for unity among Black Americans, and for concerted and constructive action by them in the years ahead. (RJ)

Describes global socioeconomic trends from the viewpoint of globology, defined as the new science of global dynamics. Comparisons are made between globology, utilitarian economics, and the Marxian analysis of world problems. The implications of long-term global cycles in colonialism, interstate competition, war, single-state hegemony, and…

Data presented here suggest that educational expansion has not advanced economic growth in developing nations. Economic development is inhibited by the dependent status of Third World countries in the world economy; thus, increased schooling is not an effective strategy for promoting development. (Author/SK)

Two educational development programs--a revolutionary project in Cuba and an evolutionary project in Jamaica--have implications for the rest of the world. (Author)

Describes the high cultural level of native American Indian populations at the time of conquest. Illustrates how cultural breakdown and demographic decimation have resulted from systematic policies that focused on exploiting natural resources at the expense of native peoples. (GC)

The author reports on his experiences as a Black American travelling in Nigeria and Ghana. He reviews the many similarities and the few differences between the Black American and the African experience from the broad perspectives of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and art. (Author/MC)

The Guyanese setting, the development of the new coalition of Guyanese elites, their objective interest and nationalist politics, and the social profile of the new elite of Guyana are discussed in this paper. (Author/RLV)

The Dene Declaration of Rights affirms the Native unity and Native separateness from the rest of Canadian society while making Native land settlement claims that refute the colonial position of the Canadian government. (JC)

Africans as well as missionaries and colonial officials were very active participants in moulding colonial educational policies and practices. (Author/IRT)