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Baller, Robert D.; Zevenbergen, Matthew P.; Messner, Steven F. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2009
The authors examine the ecological foundations of the thesis of a "code of honor" as an explanation for southern homicide. Specifically, they consider the effects of indicators of ethnic groups that migrated from herding economies (the Scotch-Irish), cattle and pig herding, and the relative importance of agricultural production across…
Descriptors: Homicide, Ethnic Groups, Agricultural Production, United States History
Eckelberry, R. H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The present study is an attempt to bring together and to interpret the more important facts concerning the origin and development of the municipal university in the United States. It is obvious that in a work in which the history of a university must be presented in a chapter instead of a volume, and in which the discussion of the subject as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Urban Universities, Educational Trends