From the earliest contributions of Native Americans in the colonial period to the workforce preparation crisis in the 1980s, this book explores the patterns, themes, and changing ideologies of learning and education in adulthood.

HAROLD W. STUBBLEFIELD is professor of adult education atthe Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A winnerof the 1988 Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research in AdultEducation, he has been chair of the Commission of Professors ofAdult Education and a consulting editor of Adult EducationQuarterly.

PATRICK KEANE was professor of continuing education atDalhousie University in Nova Scotia from 1970 until his retirementin 1992. His articles have been published in such journals asStudies in Adult Education, International Journal ofLifelong Education, Convergence, and Adult EducationQuarterly.