Literacy and Popular Culture

David Vincent

Cambridge University Press, 1993

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521457712
ISBN-10
0521457718
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
Publication date
1993-07-30
Pages
376
Dimensions
229x154x24
Weight
564