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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1. Verfasser: Vincent, David 1949- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture 19
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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:1 online resource (viii, 362 pages)
ISBN:9780511560880
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511560880

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