The history of illiteracy in the modern world since 1750 / Martyn Lyons.
Lyons, Martyn, author.
2022
LC149 .L96 2022
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Title The history of illiteracy in the modern world since 1750 / Martyn Lyons.
Author Lyons, Martyn, author.
ISBN 9783031092619 (electronic bk.)
3031092619 (electronic bk.)
3031092600
9783031092602
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09261-9
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-09261-9 doi
Call Number LC149 .L96 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.2/244
Summary This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of literacy with illiterate and semi-literate people in mind, and questions the clear division between literacy and illiteracy which has often been assumed by social and economic historians. Instead, it turns the spotlight on all those in-between, the millions who had some literacy skills, but for whom reading and writing posed difficulties. Its main focus is on those we have often labelled illiterates, rather than those who enjoyed full competence in reading and writing in modern society. In offering a historical perspective on the problem of illiteracy in the modern world, it also questions some enduring myths surrounding the phenomenon. This book therefore has a revisionist objective: it intends to challenge conventional wisdom about illiteracy. Martyn Lyons is Professor Emeritus in History at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2022).
Series Palgrave pivot.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783031092602
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1. Introduction: Illiteracy Myths
2. The War on Illiteracy
3. Illiteracy and Power
4. Illiteracy and Schooling
5. The Literary Culture of the Illiterate
6. The Literary Continuum.

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