Literacy and popular culture : England, 1750-1914
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Literacy and popular culture : England, 1750-1914
（Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 19）
Cambridge University Press, 1993, c1989
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-355) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In l750, half the population were unable to sign their names; by l9l4 England, together with a handful of advanced Western countries, had for the first time in history achieved a nominally literate society. This book seeks to understand how and why literacy spread into every corner of English society, and what impact it had on the lives and minds of the common people.
Table of Contents
- l. Introduction
- 2. Family
- 3. Education
- 4. Work
- 5. The natural world
- 6. Imagination
- 7. Politics
- 8. Literacy and its uses.
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