Season 2 Episode 6: Networks of Empire with Brianna Lafoon

An advertisement for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, where vocational and practical education techniques developed in the Philippines were showcased for US domestic educators. Today’s conversation picks up on the discussion of American imperial...

Vocational Schools at the 1900 Universal Exhibition

Miranda Sachs, Texas State University If a visitor to the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris had wandered into the pavilion sponsored by the city of Paris, she would have encountered a display of handcrafted objects produced by students at the city’s vocational...