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The Ideological Development Of U.S. Government Publication, 1820-1920: From Jefferson To Croly, John Walters
The Ideological Development Of U.S. Government Publication, 1820-1920: From Jefferson To Croly, John Walters
John Walters
Abstract-This paper traces the development of an ideology for U.S. government publication, focusing primarily on dominant strands of political thought during the antebellum period, the gilded age, and the progressive era. This paper examines political thought that inhibited the development of an ideology of U.S. government publication, such as the antistatism of Thomas Jefferson and the Social Darwinism of Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner; it focuses also on American political thought that fostered its development, such as the Positivism of Lester Frank Ward, the Pragmatism of John Dewey, and the Progressivism of Herbert Croly
Informing The Nation Jacksonian Style: The Ideological Impetus For, And Impediments To, The U.S. Government’S Informing Function During The Antebellum Period, John Walters
John Walters
This article examines the development of the U.S. government's informing function during the antebellum period. Particular attention is paid to the ideology of Jacksonian democracy, as expressed through such prominent organs as the Democratic Review and through such representative thinkers as Jeremy Bentham, George Bancroft, and William Leggett. Examined are the ways in which the ideology of democracy not only shaped and contributed to, but also impeded the development of, the informing function of government.
Whose Vision Fulfilled? Toward A Rightful Ideological Progenitor For The U.S. Federal Depository Library Program, John Walters
Whose Vision Fulfilled? Toward A Rightful Ideological Progenitor For The U.S. Federal Depository Library Program, John Walters
John Walters
This article addresses the assertion, advanced by the Depository Library Council (DLC) to the Public Printer, that James Madison's political writings serve as the ideological underpinning for the Federal Depository Library Program. In ascertaining the validity of the DLC's claim, this article reviews the evolution of Anglo-American thought regarding the concept of an informed citizenry, and concludes by suggesting persons who may rightfully be considered the harbingers of a federal depository library program
The Republic Of Federal Scientific Publication: The Not-So-Public Domain, John Walters
The Republic Of Federal Scientific Publication: The Not-So-Public Domain, John Walters
John Walters
This article examines the forces that have made federal scientific publication an essentially private enterprise. Particular attention is paid to the rise of the scientific community in the American political system. The period under review begins roughly with 1941 and American involvement in World War II, which coincides with the establishment of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (ORSD). The article examines OSRD’s method of conducting federal scientific research, its contractual system, and the new publishing paradigm that it engendered. The article concludes in the 1960s with congressional efforts to revise provisions in Title 17, the Copyright Code.
"'Toy' Presses And The Rise Of Fugitive U.S. Government Documents", John Walters
"'Toy' Presses And The Rise Of Fugitive U.S. Government Documents", John Walters
John Walters
Explains how advances in the graphic arts, and the rise of executive agency duplicating plants in the early twentieth century, gave rise to a large body of U.S. government documents that were, and still largely are, unavailable to the public