Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America

Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America
ISBN-10
1558495819
ISBN-13
9781558495814
Category
Education
Pages
491
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Univ of Massachusetts Press
Author
E. Jennifer Monaghan

Description

Sheds light on the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, this work examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners.

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