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Fuller, Bruce; And Others – Social Forces, 1990
Examines how the Mexican government's penetration into 299 rural and urban counties, 1900-40, was related to growth in trade and service jobs. Emphasizes the government's support for written literacy and mass schooling as subtle strategies for incorporating peasants into urban institutions. Contains 39 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Role

Donald, James – Journal of Education, 1983
Examines how the contrast between working class resistance against an imposed culture and the struggle for hegemony (bringing class factions into a political alliance) operated in conflicts and negotiations concerning language, literacy, and mass education in England during the nineteenth century. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
Saraf, S. N. – 1980
Section 1 of this report develops the thesis that while illiteracy is deeply entrenched in certain areas of India, it is also confined to specific pockets of the population. Recognition of this fact should be the basis, according to the author, of literacy strategy. Section 2 provides a history of the levels of priority given to adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Decentralization, Developing Nations
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, War
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Politics of Education, Economic Factors