Tag: Culture

  • Education of the Alien

    Education of the Alien in the United States History of the Education of the Alien Immigration is a national affair and has always been regulated by the Congress. The action of the Congress in passing a measure over the veto of the President in 1917 prohibiting immigrants from coming to […]

  • Compulsory Education

    Compulsory Education in the United States Compulsory Education before 1920 The doctrine of the democracy of Calvinism from the beginning of its teachings contained the fundamental principle that each person should be able to read. Under that doctrine religious matters were held to be of […]

  • Library Legislation

    Library Legislation in the United States Library Legislation before 1920 In the United States, as in the case of education, each State had complete control of the library situation within its boundaries. In many States the libraries have received great assistance and encouragement from […]

  • Culture protection: Antiquities Under Siege

    Culture protection: Antiquities Under Siege in the United States Lawrence Rothfield, ed., Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection After the Iraq War (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008) provides additional testimony to this trend. Right at the beginning, editor Rothfield sounds […]

  • International law: Culture protection

    International law: Culture protection in the United States Table of Contents: Introduction Background Resources Other Resource Guides Background Websites Major Treatises Symposia Bibliographies Journals Dedicates to Cultural Property Law and Art Law Journal Indexes News Sources […]

  • Cultural Protection conventions

    Cultural Protection Treaties and related International Agreements in the United States Cultural Protection Treaties Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (Roerich Pact) (15 Apr 35) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in […]