Literacy and Historical Development
A Reader
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2007
Summary
Representing three decades of research, ““Literacy and Historical Development: A Reader”” presents some of the most important historical scholarship on literacy in Europe and the United States. The approaches, research, and conclusions reflected in this collection of fifteen essays has changed how historians and many others conceptualize literacy and represents a body of scholarship that is transforming both contemporary and historical literacy theories. In this revised and expanded edition o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780809327829 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0809327821 |
| Author: | Harvey J. Graff, Deborah Brandt, M.T. Clanchy, Janet Duitsman Cornelius, Natalie Zemon Davis, Anne Haas Dyson, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Anthony Grafton, Farley Grubb |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Imprint: | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 0002nd |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 665g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 157mm x 28mm |
About The Author
Harvey J. Graff
Harvey J. Graff, Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and a professor of English and history at Ohio State University, is one of the world’s most noted literacy scholars. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of eighteen books, including the landmark The Literacy Myth; The Legacies of Literacy; and Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America, and dozens of scholarly articles.
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