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Taylor, Jeffery – 1994
This book presents a study of educational institutions in Manitoba (Canada) agriculture before 1925, the dominant ideologies that resided there, and the impact of those ideologies on the agrarian movement. The first chapter overviews a variety of ideologies, state structures, and agrarian movements in North America during the late 19th and early…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Bureaucracy, Capitalism
Stevenson, Russell; Locke, Virginia O. – 1989
This history of the Agriculture Development Council (ADC) consists of eight chapters and four appendices. Chapter 1 traces the early years of the ADC, from its inception in 1953 to 1957, the year of the retirement of the council's first director, J. Lossing Buck. The chapter covers the role of John D. Rockefeller, III, the incorporation of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations, Fellowships
Smith, Douglas C. – 1981
Traditional and nontraditional education in Taiwan are considered, based on interviews with educators and scholars in Taiwan, observations, and research materials. To provide a picture of the evolution of academe in the Chinese-Taiwan setting, attention is directed to philosophy, history, academic ethics and excellence, methodology, and policy…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education
