Government
The Interrelation of Colour
By 1969, international public opinion had begun to turn against the apartheid policies of the white minority regime in South Africa.
Scouting – Helping to Prepare Leaders of Tomorrow
Jeremiah (J.J.M.) Nyagah was one of the most senior African members of the Kenya Boy Scout Association during the colonial era. Trained as a teacher, after independence he entered politics and became a cabinet minister in Jomo Kenyatta's government.
Caribbean Views
The online collection is of extraordinary quality, both in terms of the scanned images and the contextual detail provided.
Emperor Meiji to President Grant on Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a visit to the United States and Europe between 1871 and 1873 by many of the top officials of the new Meiji government.
Maya Vase Database: An Archive of Rollout Photographs
The vases include scenes of palace life, mythology, warfare, and animals.
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
Students may begin by focusing on 'solving' the crime itself, but along the way will be drawn into the consideration of wider issues
Preamble to the Fundamental Code of Education
The following paragraphs came at the beginning of a 109-article plan, promulgated in 1872, to establish a national school system under the direction of the new Meiji government.
Imperial Rescript: The Great Principles of Education
During the 1870s, the Meiji government established many institutions based on the examples from Europe and the U.S., and many intellectuals advocated a thoroughgoing transformation of Japanese society and culture patterned after the model of civilization they observed in the West.
The Imperial Rescript on Education
During the first two decades of the Meiji era, the new government invested a great deal of effort into building the institutions of the modern Japanese state.
Legal and Political Status of the Infant
This Qin-dynasty legal text (c. 217 BCE), written on bamboo strips, was excavated in China in 1975. According to Qin law, men guilty of killing children born to them were punished by becoming wall builders; the equivalent punishment for women was servitude as grain pounders.