Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading Since 1880
- ISBN-10
- 0300049463
- ISBN-13
- 9780300049466
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Author
- Carl F. Kaestle
Description
In this book, Carl F. Kaestle and his colleagues provide a social history of literacy in America that broadens the definition of literacy and considers who was reading what, under what circumstances and for what purposes.
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- 1991-01-01
- 338 pages
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- Yale University Press
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