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The 'monitorial system' which made such striking progress in England in the early part of the 19th century, received its foundational inspiration from village schools in south India. Dr. Andrew Bell, whose name is associated with the 'monitorial system', was an Army chaplin in India, and from 1789 to 1796 held the position of superintendent of ...
Pages in category "19th-century members of the Texas Legislature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 225 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices—the "spoils"—by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient.
The Empire and the century. London: John Murray. pp. 696– 706. Mukerji, Shridhar Nath. History of education in India: modern period (1961) online, a standard scholarly history. Nurullah, Syed, and J. P. Naik. A Students' History of Education In India (1800-1961) (2nd ed. 1962), an old scholarly history. online
19th century in Texas — in Spanish Texas (1690−1821), in Mexican Texas (1821−1836), in the Republic of Texas (1836−1846), and in the U.S. state of Texas (est. 1846). 14th 15th
The Old Army in Texas: A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth-Century Texas is a 2000 military history book by Thomas T. Smith about the United States Army in Texas during the 19th century. The book was published by the Texas State Historical Association. The book received a second edition published by Texas A&M University Press in 2020.
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Austin's history has also been largely tied to state politics and in the late 19th century, the establishment of the University of Texas made Austin a regional center for higher education, as well as a hub for state government. In the 20th century, Austin's music scene had earned the city the nickname "Live Music Capital of the World."