Literacy and popular culture England, 1750-1914
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 societ...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1989
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-12 DE-473 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (viii, 362 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780511560880 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511560880 |