The Literacy Myth: Cultural Integration and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century (Cultural Integration and Social Structure in the Nineteeth C)
Book Details
Author(s)Harvey J. Graff
PublisherTransaction Publishers
ISBN / ASIN0887388841
ISBN-139780887388842
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Harvey Graff’s pioneering study presents a new and original interpretation of the place of literacy in nineteenth-century society and culture. Based upon an intensive comparative historical analysis, employing both qualitative and quantitative techniques, and on a wide range of sources, The Literacy Myth reevaluates the role typically assigned to literacy in historical scholarship, cultural understanding, economic development schemes, and social doctrines and ideologies.




