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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. – 1985
A detailed history of United States government involvement with the arts from 1780 to 1985 is provided in chronological form. Entries range from notes documenting John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's commitment to the arts to notes on annual budgets and allocations. Separate sections contain lists of the original members of the National Council on…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Federal Government, Fine Arts
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Cole, Robert – New England Journal of History, 1988
Briefly traces the history of South Africa from British acquisition in 1815 through the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Presents a chronicle of the year 1900 to show part of the European achievement in close-up. Lists accomplishments in literature, fine arts, science, technology, music, theater, and dance. (GEA)
Descriptors: African History, Chronicles, Dance, European History
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Turosienski, Severin K. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
This study of Poland's Institutions of Higher Education is one of a series undertaken at the request of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars. Other publications completed and now available in the series relate to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. While care has been taken to include in it the data that the Collegiate Registrars need about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fine Arts, Political Science, Foreign Countries
de Silva, K. M., Ed.; Peiris, G. H., Ed. – 1995
This book reviews the history of university education in Sri Lanka, paying special attention to the University of Peradeniya, originally the University of Ceylon. The book focuses on how an institution of higher learning, modeled initially on the older universities of Britain, has been influenced by the challenges and constraints of continuing…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Role, Dental Schools, Developing Nations